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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Tomorrow night is the Maccaoee shirt waist dance. Mark the date in your engagement book.” 75 years ago: “Following a custom that was carried out through the fall, ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The first shipment of cream for the San Juan Creamery arrived by express from the Kroeger ranch in the Animas Valley this morning.” 75 years ago: An advertisement ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Flag day is being generally observed in Durango by the display of ‘Old Glory’ from private and public buildings. Tonight the G.A.R. and Women’s Relief Corps will entertain th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “the fear that the water in the streams may run low before the close of the irrigating season has largely been dispelled by the early coming of summer rains. A record crop yea...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The snow storm which raged in the La Platas left the mountains looking as though it were midwinter.” 75 years ago: “The personnel of the engineering and maintenanc...

And the West is History

100 years ago: This appeared in the section called Allison Items: “Miss Celeste Martin, our primary teacher, is teaching summer school at Chromo. Martin is devoted to her work, has the respe...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The racing program for the Fourth of July, promises to be the best ever held on the local track. Twenty-five horses are now in daily practice on the course, and the reco...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The registrar of the normal institute at Fort Lewis shows an enrollment of 54 for the first day. It is anticipated that the enrollment will show a large increase before ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A glance at the bank statements published in this issue will convenience the most skeptical that money is plentiful in Durango and that the banks show a splendid conditi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “For the first time in many seasons Durango is going to have an old time Fourth of July celebration. There is going to be relay races, harness races, automobile races, ri...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. Carson is laboring so hard to establish a playground at Brookside. The tramway company has most generously donated the ground and the youngsters are clearing it off.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “H. T. Henderson, president of the Henderson Engineering Co., who recently returned from a five month tour of the important commercial cities of the United States considers fr...
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