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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “The Durango Motor Car Company has a Chalmers ‘6’ and a ‘36’ en route from the Detroit factory and are looking for both at an early date. The ‘6’ goes to Dr. Turrell and the ‘...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Albert Kern drove his mother in from her ranch. All the Kern family now have ranches and all are being cultivated in grain or grass except ‘Balsys’ – his crop is jackrabbits ...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Jimmy O’Rourke betook himself up to the property of the Sueno De Oro mining company, intending to prosecute work up there all through the coming winter. He recently struck th...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Jack Smith and John Ryan of the Strater Hotel culinary staff, to satisfy a wager on national baseball, were hitched up to the Strater’s one-passenger, two-cylinder machine an...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “O.F. Boyle had on his shipping suit, and we judge that a string of Herefords will hit Kansas City soon, and the prices are always higher and the cattle taken through in good ...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Quite a party of pleasure seekers journeyed to Electra Lake via the mixed train, bound for a last whirl at the fishing and hunting ere winter’s icy hand grips the country.” ...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “The Graden Mercantile Co. of Durango had decided to put in a pork packing plant of sufficient capacity to care for all the hogs that will be raised in this section for severa...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Bodnar & Co. have finished their contract with the city of laying the concrete crosswalks. The work done has made a vast improvement in the appearance of the city’s streets a...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: A classified advertisement read: “Wanted Position – Competent housekeeper, or will accept waitress or chambermaid position. Apply 694 Fifth Ave.” 75 years ago: “In ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mrs. Julia Bird was a passenger bound for the Bonnie Girl Mill in the La Platas, where she will confer with Dave Bayles about the operations of her pack trains.” 7...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A box car containing perishable provisions was attached to the Silverton passenger train and taken up. This was to insure a contained supply of the ‘eats’ to the boys in the ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church gave a supper to raise funds for the renovation of the manse. The Rev. Daly of Mancos expects to take up his permanen...
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