And the West is History

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100 years ago: “An institution that should be fostered and encouraged by the farmers of the San Juan Basin is the Fort Lewis Agricultural School. It needs the united support of all who have ...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Whether or not there will be a 6-weeks summer school for teachers to be held at the Fort Lewis Agricultural School is expected to be definitely known here. The proposition is...

DATE: Jan 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Little as Durango has been advertised in the east, it can now lay claim to distinction that will make some of the old moose hunters in the state of Maine sit up and take medi...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Eggs for Hatching – From my fancy strains of Rhode Island Reds. I have three pens of very select matings, every bird thoroughbred from fancy strains, headed by my prize winni...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Thomas Goulding, Mrs. Goulding and son Charles, who has just recovered from an attack of typhoid fever, were bound for the Florida Vista ranch.” 75 years ago: “Whi...

DATE: Jan 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “C. W. Bloodgood, the chicken and egg expert of the Animas Valley, left for St. Louis, where he goes to post up on the hardware line of the Simmons Hardware Co., for which he ...

DATE: Jan 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “J. T. Terry, manager of the Sunnyside Mine, arrived in town on his return from a business trip to Denver. He reports business at the mine in good shape, the recently burned b...

DATE: Jan 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And The West is History

100 years ago: “The Rev. R. C. Byers, of Silverton, came in last night from Denver and was much put out because the train did not go north so he could get home to take up a collection this m...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The worst storm, from point of damage done, that has visited this section in years, culminated in total darkness in the city and a complete discontinuance of telephone servic...

DATE: Jan 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The stork ran rings around the grim reaper in Durango during 1913. By a score of 97 to 81 the births won over the deaths.” 75 years ago: “Milo M. Webb, American en...

DATE: Jan 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mike Perino is in from the Florida Mesa making arrangements to have a big crowd out to his new dance establishment the latter part of the week.” 75 years ago: “Pet...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With a territory running east to Chama, north to Telluride and Ouray, and indefinitely to the west and south, a branch house of the Brinkley-Douglass Fruit Company of Pueblo ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History