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And the West is History

100 years ago: “It is probable that the fair directors will offer a special prize for the largest and best collection of minerals mined in the San Juan Basin. Mining is one of the most impor...

DATE: Sep 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Stock Inspector Sam Ethridge goes out to Dolores, where C. McBeth will load for shipment about 30 carloads of fat cattle. The stock is being shipped to Denver and is all cont...

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The fire department was called out by the fire at the City Coal Mine on the edge of town, which burned down the office and was threatening to destroy the tipple. By hard work...

DATE: Sep 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With snow plainly visible on the peaks of the La Platas, and reliable reports of a light flurry of snow in the city, which later turned to driving rain, merchants began to ma...

DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Speculation ranging from a band of well-armed and expert yeggs to a bandy-legged clerk who wanted money to buy his girl a new fall dress with fur around the bottom is indulge...

DATE: Sep 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Bert Chapman, a son-in-law of S.S. Merry, returned from the lower La Platas, where he has been mining for some time. He believes he has made a good strike of rich ore and bro...

DATE: Sep 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The trout streams around Pagosa Springs received a shipment of 45,000 trout Monday and 50,000 Wednesday.” 75 years ago: “Judge J.B. O’Rourke, who is a member of th...

DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The son of D.M. Logan, a rancher of the Animas Valley, had a streak of hard luck when he came into town on a business and buying trip and lost a $5 bill out of a hole in his ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Numerous friends and parishioners gathered at the station to bid farewell to the Rev. Father Charles P. Burgoon, rector of St. Mark’s Church here for the past two years, who ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Miss Clara Geoglein, stenographer for County Treasurer J.W. Turner, and clerk of the La Plata Circle, Women of Woodcraft plans to leave for Sheyboygen, Mich., where she will ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “City Manager Hood was instructed by the city commissioners to hire a dog catcher and take immediate steps to enforce the city ordinance requiring the payment of a dog tax. Th...

DATE: Sep 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Frank Eldredge Investment Company has made arrangements to furnish money to farmers, who have the feed and who may wish to buy cattle for feeding purposes. These loans wi...

DATE: Sep 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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