And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Wells Fargo Express Co. turned over its Denver and Rio Grande, Rio Grande Southern and Western Pacific railway offices to the Adams Express Co. 75 years ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Georgie Schreck “made it in for a little pasear on the main drag and took back a load of eats to his home on the Florida.” 75 years ago: Richard Norman “Dutc...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The “city dads” held their scheduled meeting, and “had a little gabfest.” They reviewed and rejected the petition of Jake Aranow, who wanted to move a tin shack “up next d...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Felix Croke was in town and “dropped an egg in Graden’s.” The Durango Democrat added, “if Felix had dropped another egg it would have been too bad.” 75 years...

And the West is History

100 years ago: James A. Baird “of the Breen section” spent time in Durango and “was an interesting visitor.” 75 years ago: Colorado State Patrol was seeking new recruits to...

And the West is History

100 years ago: About 35 “of the Ignacio folk” were in town to attend “the big picnic” at Fort Lewis. 75 years ago: The price of “staple work clothing” was reduced by the OP...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A man “on an Indian go-devil” was heading west on 11th Street toward Main Avenue in the oncoming lane and “collided with the side of Mrs. Jim Jarvis.” The rider of the go-...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Joe Curtet, the “old reliable” from Hesperus, came into Durango “to get his name in the paper.” Also, he probably wouldn’t have expected his name to be in the paper again,...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Frank and Stem Edmisten had “a narrow escape from death or serious injury” when their car went off the road between Turkey Creek and West Fork Bridge, and “plunged 200 fee...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Durango Democrat received a telephone call “from the Florida mesa of the death of Peter Alfred Wahlburg, from acute indigestion.” Wahlburg spent 20 years in the area a...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A complaint in Local News about the Western Union Telegraph Co. said, “The word ‘service’ is not found in the Western Union Telegraph company’s dictionary. This is no refl...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Wanted advertisements included: “To the sheep man wishing a location for lambing ground and a place to hold sheep during the shipping season, close to Durango, see J.W. Tu...
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