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And the West is History

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...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Employment in La Plata county rose four per cent between March 1964 and March 1965 according to one of the nation’s economic indicators, “County Business Patterns,” issued ...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Bargain-minded women travelers will soon be able to fly for half fare over a large area of the West. A budget-stretching 25-day round-trip “Ladies Fare” has been proposed b...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Mrs. Roger Ptolemy, Mrs. Harold Ritter and Mrs. Chain Healy will represent the Durango Art Association on the Fine Arts Council, a newly formed organization to further cult...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Fort Lewis College, now in its fifth year as a degree-granting liberal arts college, has emerged as a pioneer in year-round education in Colorado and as a significant facto...

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50 years ago: “Wayne Woodhouse, a 216-pound junior from Cedaredge who was used primarily as a defensive guard but also played some offensive tackle, has been named by the Fort Lewis Coll...

And the West is History

50 years ago: The Mills Construction Company submitted the low bid for construction of an earth-filled, floodwater retarding dam in the Pine River Watershed project near Ignacio, F.A. Ma...

And the West is History

50 years ago: Purgatory will not open Thanksgiving Day because of insufficient snow, Ray Duncan, president of Durango Ski Corp., has announced. The area will open as soon as snow permits...

And the West is History

50 years ago: The Durango City Council bought a new police car and renewed four liquor licenses during a 25-minute session Tuesday night at City Hall. Durango Dodge, Inc., was low bidder...

And the West is History

50 years ago: A new telephone with the dial built into the handset will be introduced Nov. 28 to Mountain States Telephone customers in Colorado, according to J. M. Schlageter, Mountain ...

And the West is History

50 years ago: The new Texaco station on Seventh Street has added a new feature to its station – a Texaco man which measures 22 feet in height. According to Tor Brun Vand, station attenda...
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