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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...

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 ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charles Riffey, of Thompson’s Park, a man about 28 years old was adjudged insane at a lunacy hearing in the county court and will be taken to Pueblo by Sheriff Fassbinder for...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “That a pay streak equal to any struck in this section since the Idaho and May Day discoveries is indicated by a specimen of ore brought to the city by Dan Cason from the Broo...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The City Mine of the Royal Coal & Coke Co. was closed down and all attachable property seized on a writ of attachment issued from the court of Justice of the Peace Maddox. It...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The botany class of the high school had interesting work in the laboratory of Prof. Holden. They had collected a considerable number of plant cells, and the class examined t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Charles Craig the celebrated painter of western life and an authority on Indian lore, may receive the bulk of the purely personal effects of Ignacio, Ute chief who died at a ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Failure of the Hall & McMahon Undertaking Company to file a bill with the board of county commissioners at the proper time, has lost that establishment the goodly sum of a qu...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Don’t miss – those big three reel shows at the Gem every night in the week. The only house in Durango showing licensed pictures. The best in the world. Come and hear our $1,5...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Jim Laughrin was in from Falfa and predicts an early spring, says the rabbits are quitting their holes, snakes thawing out, magpies sucking eggs and hookworms nesting in his ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The change of time in the arrival of the Souther train created havoc among the local hotel runners, porters and bellhops union. They weren’t advised.” 75 years ago...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Turkeys – The Graden Company stocked up on 12 from Ogle Monteith of the Florida, 20 from Hans Aspaas of Ignacio and 15 from Jim Asher of Bayfield.” 75 years ago: “...
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