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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “John Beil, who has been in town for a couple of days trying to learn how to run an automobile, has finally succeeded in getting so he can wind it around a corner without spen...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The dedication exercises for the new city park, to be called Riverside Park, to be made from the transformed old water works site which has been turned over by the city at th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “D.P. Bell, of Silverton, who expects to work his mining properties in the Animas Forks district this summer was a passenger on the Eastern for Ignacio to obtain a bunch of pa...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Oscar Anderson, of the Animas Valley, was engaged in moving Mrs. Anderson’s personal effects from her former home in Animas City where she taught school during the winter, to...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “That at least a few new suits will be displayed in the Easter parade is assured by the report from Stein’s store that 70 suits had been sold in the special Easter sale of men...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Durango second ball team has reorganized and elected a new manager, and will play ball under the name of the Durango Cubs.” 75 years ago: “Durango officials ar...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “John Kellenberger, the wholesale liquor dealer, leaves for Trinidad, where he will endeavor to interest the strikers in the new grape smash instead of rifle cocktails.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The road to Bondad by the state road across the mesa is in very bad condition, according to W.H. Norton, of the Ford garage, who went to Sunnyside with a party of passengers....

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With 100 votes cast out of a total registration of 112, the election held at Ignacio resulted in the naming of Hans Aspaas as mayor.” 75 years ago: “Tests of Duran...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The milk ordinance, creating the office of milk inspector, to be appointed by the city commissioners at an annual salary of $150, passed first reading in city council.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Dr. William Schumacher, the sheep inspector, returned from Pagosa Junction, where he has been inspecting flocks being driven from New Mexico into the state for the summer gra...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Taken, it is thought with cramps, Ernest Olzer, 27, an Austrian employed at the Calumet mine, was drowned in 8 feet of water in the mine reservoir, Olzer had been swimming in...
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