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And the West is History

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Classified for-sale advertisements included, “80 head of goats, delivery wagon and harness”; “complete set househ...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Tomas Vigil and his two brothers, “who were ranching out La Posta way,” came into the city “for a look at the mai...

And the West is History

50 years ago: “City police and the county sheriff’s office had one of the most quiet Independence Days anyone can remember. The police department answered a number of nuisance calls. But...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: The hearing of a “shooting case” at Ignacio between Salazar and Herrara was held in court, though the official ch...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Ole Lee delivered a third haul of strawberries and reported that the berry crop was “apt to fall short as the lat...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Dick Gaines from “up the valley” was in Durango with “a hungry eye” looking at “grocery stocks.” 75...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: It was predicted that “an awful gang of Durangoites” planned to join the Fourth of July festivities at Mancos. ...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: It was announced that alcohol permits would be required for all businesses, except doctors, preachers and scienti...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: D.B. Sawyer arrived in Durango with a load of poultry, “the feathered kind,” and distributed them to local produc...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: W.B. Morrison of Florida Mesa suffered a “bad stroke of paralysis” during his visit to Dolores. Bill Burrows arri...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: The Heather Brothers of Hesperus “made a slide into town” while on a “supply-buying tour” to “load up on enough g...

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Harry Baugh, a traveling representative for Wyatt Hardware Co., visited Durango to solicit orders for munitions a...
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