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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Dave Ramsay assisted us in looking through a window at the turkeys, and after slobbering for a few minutes we agreed upon spare-ribs – or bacon. This thing of being poor is m...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Graden Co. will close all day tomorrow. It has a stack of turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens in their market, to say nothing of beef, pork, mutton and delicatessen-cured meat...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A classified advertisement read: “For sale – Team of mares, weight about 950 pounds each cheap at $75 a piece. I will take $85 for the team, and throw in a secondhand double m...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Jim Conway of the upper Florida, and C.O. Cox of Griffith were among those who brought cream into the San Juan Creamery through the mud. The creamery churned 500 pounds of bu...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “J.E. Tiffany, the civil engineer, was a returning passenger on the Southern, coming in from the Hesperus country to spend Sunday where he has a large choice of churches.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Oscar Anderson was down from the ‘Turner Ranch.’ He has all his plowing to attend to, several dairy cows and brood sows, a bunch of baby piggies and is kept busy. He brought ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Only six more days or less until thousands of turkeys quit eating and nine more days until winter becomes a dubante. Turkey trot and tango.” 75 years ago: The Kiva...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The jury in the case of the state against Andy Frost and Peter Litz charged jointly with horse stealing, returned a verdict finding Frost guilty of the charge. They were unab...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The case of Andrew Frost and Peter Litz, charged with horse stealing, occupied the greater part of the day in district court. A half dozen or more witnesses were introduced b...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Tom Craudis and George Gilmore of the Lucky Moon, were in the city attending to mining matters. They will return this morning. They report the mine force busy sinking a 100-f...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Edward Pedwell, from the Florida, brought a fine lot of butter into town and spent some of the proceeds for what appealed most to him in the local stores.” 75 year...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “That a change in the location of the city’s pipeline from the Florida River is necessary at the earliest date possible in order to protect the city water supply from being cu...
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