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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “War Prices – The announcement was made here that the price of sugar had gone up 50 percent on account of the European war. ... Toddies are out of style.” 75 years ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Tonight both of Durango’s picture shows give over their business to the benefit of the Telluride flood sufferers and the people of this – the biggest town in San Juan Basin –...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Sam Ethridge, the sheep inspector, came down from Mancos on a business trip. He expects to be through with the inspection in that part of the state shortly.” 75 ye...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Sam Shoemaker, formerly superintendent of Mesa Verde Park, who returned from a trip of several months in California, came down from a visit to Mancos. He says the talk about ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “L. S. Lively, telegraph operator at the depot, with Mrs. Lively and the baby left for Pagosa Springs and will spend a week camping in the hills.” 75 years ago: “A ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Prof. William Shaffer, of the Antler’s Cafe, was a returning passenger on the Southern train from Hesperus, where he went to see which way the wind was blowing.” 7...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “S. J. Burris Jr. of Pueblo, a stockholder in the Lucky Four Gold Mining Company, arrived in the city on the Eastern enroute to the mine to take a look in at the $30,000 ore r...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Miss Mabel Johnson, who has been nursing at the Miners’ Hospital in Silverton while some of the regular nurses went off on a vacation, came down on her way to her home in Lig...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Objections to the city commissioners going ahead with the laying of the proposed new pipe line until a competent hydraulic engineer had gone over the work and given an estima...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “An election will be called by the city commissioners to be held for the voters to decide whether or not they want to adopt the two initiated ordinances regulating pool and bi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “An extensive revival of mining operations in the La Platas by the Tirbircio Gold Mining Co., owner of the Bonny Girl mine, is promised by William P. O’Toole, of Boston, presi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement read: “Gasoline – in quantities from one gallon up, 24 cents per gallon. Jarvis Garage.” 75 years ago: “Members of the Reservoir Hill CCC camp abov...
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