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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “At a meeting of the stockholders of the San Juan Creamery, the capital stock of the company has increased from $2,500 to $10,000. The increased capitalization was deemed nece...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “William Shaffer, with Mrs. Shaffer and Miss Shaffer left for the Neglected country on an outing trip of a few days. ‘Bill’ will sink a few shafts in his mining properties whi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Elks’ special left for Denver, with over 100 persons on board. The train consisted of five coaches, a baggage and a ‘commissary’ car, and was profusely decorated with the...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Crops were beaten into the ground, and hay, vegetables and fruit practically ruined in the Hay Gulch section by a terrific hailstorm that visited that country. The damage is ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The first car load shipment of fruit from the Farmington country this season came up on the Red Apple train. The shipment consisted of apples, peaches, plums, berries, and cu...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “George Tyner, of the lower Florida, returned home after a couple of days in town, leaving a big bunch of groceries he had brought at the Otis-McGirr store laying on the count...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The appropriation of $100,000 for a federal building and post office in this city has been increased one-third, now being $150,000. The bill now goes to the house, where no t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “W. M. Porter, the commission man, who returned from Ignacio by auto reports the east side of the river road between Durango and Wilson Gulch is in a very dangerous condition ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Much of the time at the meeting of the city council was devoted to matters pertaining to the change of the city pipe line route. Considerable discussion was had on the kind o...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Barry Sullivan is planning to go to Electra with his family, spending the day in fixing up his bungalow, and then returning to business, leaving the family there for the summ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Old ‘Doc’ Crapser, of the Oriental bar, worked his patriotism overtime and hung $1,000 worth of American flags and star-spangled bunting around his place, with a big flag flo...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “City Commissioner Wilson left for Silverton, from which point he will return to Electra Lake and fish for two solid days with the new outfit he grabbed at Wall’s.” ...
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