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And the West is History

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Purgatory reported its busiest day, at 1,008 skiers since opening the previous year, in 1965. There were several reports of stolen skis, jacket and other equipment, and a r...

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: An old, unoccupied store building at Santa Rita “burned to the ground” in the morning, and volunteers prevented the fire from spreading. It was the third time the building ...

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: The recreation department hosted a renaming contest for the Third Avenue Ski area, which the public could enter by submitting a postcard with their name and address clearly...

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Jesse L. Petit, Dennis Dow and Michael R. Duckett swerved off the road into a ditch and drove another 250 feet until running into an embankment. Petit suffered cuts on his ...

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Road conditions on mountain passes were reported open and snow-packed, with Rico being the only station that reported any considerable snowfall, which measured 8 inches fro...

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Colorado State Patrol Lt. Frank Tomsic felt obligated to submit a cautionary statement reminding local drivers that taxi cabs, along with school buses carrying one child or...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Mona Garrett’s large, relatively new trailer was destroyed by fire at Island Cove Trailer Court. She returned home to find her unit in flames, and was hospitalized due to s...

And the West is History

50 years ago: After getting 5 inches of fresh snow the previous Saturday night, people enjoyed their first “real” day of skiing at Purgatory, which had a 30-inch base mid-mountain. On Su...

And the West is History

50 years ago: The Department of Interior and the State Water Pollution Control Commission announced there would be an open hearing on the topic of river and stream pollution after decade...

And the West is History

50 years ago: “Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ashe of Tempe, Arizona, announced their daughter, Barbara Ruth, was engaged to Durango local John W. Walkington, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walkingto...

And the West is History

50 years ago: DURANGO – Police Chief Cloyd Hubertus reported this morning. E.G. Parks, 1 Sixth Avenue, called the police at 8:25 p.m. Thursday to report someone seemed to have broken i...

And the West is History

50 years ago: It was a clear, unseasonably warm first day of December, and locals found themselves wondering if the first snow would ever arrive, with no winter storms in the Durango are...
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