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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Rumor had it that “after June 1 there will be fourteen new churches started at Silverton.” 75 years ago: Photos of Durango and La Plata County men who were s...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Court stenographer E.D. Peters came “down from Silverton” after a long week of working with the grand jury. 75 years ago: The war production board rubber coo...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Classified wanted advertisements included “a good dining room girl at Trimble Springs Hotel” and “two competent men for firemen and must be willing to do police duty.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A movement was “underway to form a domestic science class for the purpose of instruction in canning vegetables, among the housewives of the city.” 75 years a...

And the West is History

100 years ago: In “Fording” news, Jake Baer, Graden Packing Plant meat buyer, departed Durango “in a Ford” to the Kline mesa “on cattle business.” 75 years ago: In the “Rat...

And the West is History

May 17 100 years ago: Sheep men, the Kirk brothers, arrived in Durango to purchase goods from Graden’s, and “loaded out supplies for their sheep camp up Horse Gulch.” 75 ye...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A.T. Brener, “of the Kline,” was among the farmers who visited the city, and reported that, “crop-growing measures sure have been moving some in his section of terra firma...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Fred Fredlund, a student at Fort Collins from Durango, expected to “enter the cavalry arm of the United States Army.” 75 years ago: Harry Walker, assistant p...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Classified advertisements included a “team of horses, well broke and sound” for sale, and wanted ads for “sheep herders,” and “able-bodied laborers.” 75 year...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. F.W. Kroeger of the Animas Valley was in the city to contribute “a month’s supply of telephone bill to help pay for the mighty nice improvements which our genial mana...

And the West is History

100 years ago: William Elard, “one of the patriotic boys who enlisted for service with Uncle Sammy at Cortez,” returned after failing to pass the examinations. 75 years ago...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Spring plowing was upon the farmers of Durango. A few mules were left “that didn’t enlist for the war.” 75 years ago: Plans were worked out for the collectio...
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