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And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement for Strater Hotel read, “Leading hotel in Durango. All rooms are steam heated. All cleaning done by vacuum.” 75 years ago: “Many people attended an...

America’s gateway reopens

Ellis Island was inundated by Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters

$1.9 million in gold bars found in toilet of Middle Eastern plane

An aircraft cleaning crew found 280 gold bars worth almost $2 million inside the toilet of a plane belonging to Middle East discount airline Flydubai. The Daily Mail of London say...

‘Festival fatigue’ strikes locals in Michigan town

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Lou Colombo insists he’s no Grinch and enjoys festivals. But so many were held along this Lake Michigan town’s grassy waterfront over the summer that he applied to Cit...

Are cruise ships becoming too large to operate safely?

One of the largest cruise ships in 1985 was the 46,000-ton Carnival Holiday. Ten years ago, the biggest, the Queen Mary 2, was three times as large. Today’s record holders are two 225,000-to...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Earl and Guy Akin were passengers on the southern train coming from the La Platas. They have been doing development work all summer upon their claims in that country but have...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Roadmaster J. H. Tait expects to leave – if he can find all of his collar buttons, shirt studs, etc. on a 60 day trip that will take him as far east as Elmira, N.Y. Now, tha...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement for The Crystal Barber Shop read, “Modern in service, thorough in sterilizing and cleanliness. All barbers, no boiler makers in the bunch. Full line of tonics...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. Armstrong of Bayfield was in with a big load of chicken wheat. He sold out to Milton of Animas City, who is the chief egg grower in the valley.” 75 years ago: ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Bernard Brower, the North Durango mailman returned with his family after a six month’s absence, most of which Mr. Brower spent in Holland with brief stops in Michigan going a...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “L.A. Harrison, the blacksmith at the May Day mine, came down from Trimble Springs, having been relieved of considerable of his rheumatic pains.” 75 years ago: “Joh...

HIV first: Baby born with virus may be cured

Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus – a medical first that is prompting a new look at ho...