And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: An Ignacio juvenile, “who swiped a $10 saddle” about a month before and was released on probation in the custody of his mother, was “in bad again.” His mother surrendered ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: It was proclaimed that “a coal miner getting 80 cents per ton and the consumer paying $6.25 for coal” was “the damnedest robbery ever perpetrated on the victims of a civil...

And the West is History

100 years ago: J.S. Wolverton, a night railroad depot boss, yelled, “Leave them on,” early in the morning the day before when the “hot-blooded motorman” turned off the lights in the stre...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A dance was scheduled to be held at Perins Peak Club House, and it was promised “to be well attended by Durangoites.” 75 years ago: Five young Durango women ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Bo” Dale “had on a grouch” the day before, when he wanted to ship his livestock, but “couldn’t get cars.” 75 years ago: Two Mesa Verde Park employees were g...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The body of the late John English, a railroad employee who died a week earlier, was laid to rest by the Goodman Undertaking Co. in Greenmount Cemetery. 75 ye...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Three juveniles were accused of “swiping a ten dollar revolver from N.P. Nelson” and were scheduled to appear Nov. 14 in court for their hearing. 75 years ag...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Railroad men said that the lines departing Durango have “the finest roadbeds for many years” and that no derailments have occurred for some time. 75 years ag...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Durango Democrat, in local news, printed, “If only the hen would drop more eggs and New Mexico, how lovely it would be,” as a response to butter dropping 5 cents in th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Elmer Hatcher had 13 carloads of sheep for shipment in the local yards. The average weight per animal was 85 pounds. It was also noted that a 70-pound lamb, grass-fed, was...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The “down coming train” from Silverton set fire “to the dry brush on the right-of-way back of Mercy hospital.” The fire department responded and no damage was done. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: John Luther shipped 600 boxes of apples, “a full carload,” from Flora Vista to Powell Brothers in Denver, then to Durango. 75 years ago: “We feel short of me...
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