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And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Harry Kelly and sister-in-law Miss Ella Hammond “were summoned” to Durango from Lebanon to be with Mrs. Kelly, who suffered from serious illness in hospital. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A building contractor working on the high school, M.J. Kenney, returned from Denver with five carpenters, with whom he would use to rush the “work on the structure to comp...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A young girl, Myrta, and her father returned to Bayfield from Durango after she received medical treatment of injuries sustained in an explosion, which “cost her the loss ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A vacant fruit ranch, “failure unknown,” was for sale near the railroad station in Hermosa. 75 years ago: Men who worked in the San Jan Basin mines were trou...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Joe Bryce and Tom McNay, ranchers from the Lower Animas Valley, visited Durango to purchase needed supplies. 75 years ago: A radio broadcast “concerning the ...

And the West is History

50 Years ago: “The Montelores Studies Center in Cortez will present an orientation conference on multicultural education for Montezuma and Dolores County educators. Representatives of th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson announced they expected to return to Durango after Mr. Jackson finished “bathing away rheumatism, his physical affliction” in Hot Springs, Ark. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. J.T. Smith and her son, Earl, left Durango for their home in Missouri with four of her grandchildren who were left motherless after Mrs. E.D. Franklin, Smith’s daug...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. Nan Wilson left Durango for Boulder to work with her sister, Miss Bessie Dickerson, in the hairdressing and manicuring business. 75 years ago: City crew...

And the West is History

100 years ago: For-sale advertisements included a “Carter Car” in good condition for a bargain, red roosters, six pullets, a team of 8-year-old geldings and a 12-year-old driving mare. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Wanted advertisements included someone experienced in nursing or “in the care of children,” “two good lots” on Main Avenue in exchange for a “good team of mares and wagon,...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Miss Mabel Skoog departed Durango for her brother’s ranch in Montezuma County, where she planned to “cook for the boys.” 75 years ago: Fred Espin, a “transie...
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