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And the West is History

100 years ago: “Martin Hotter of Hay Gulch was in town with a couple of coyote hides shot near his old ranch at Rockwood on which he collected the bounty at the county treasure’s office.” ...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “H. C. Rowley of Creede who has been here for several weeks trying to get into Cave Basin camp to give it the ‘once over’ left for home without having accomplished his purpose...

DATE: May 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Grant Morris, the dentist, suffered a fracture of his left leg when an automobile driven by Dr. A. W. Robbins, in which he was a passenger, went into the ditch on the Florida...

DATE: May 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “United States Marshall Fred Delgado of Santa Fe came up on the Red Apple train from Farmington, where he went to dispose of the distillery seized there last fall by the gover...

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The City Council authorized the city purchasing agent to make suitable provision for the conveyance of Milk Inspector Hobby to and from the dairies that require inspection un...

DATE: May 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “With a fine day a larger crowd witnessed the horse races than on opening day. It was estimated that between 400 and 500 persons paid at the main gate. The grandstand held abo...

DATE: May 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Miss Geraldine Buchanan, the Mancos School teacher, who jumped in the river last week in an effort to save a little boy from drowning, passed through here. She still was in a...

DATE: May 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Kathlyn Williams – In ‘The Two Ordeals’ in two reels. Second picture in The Adventures of the Kathyln Series. Every installment of this series is better than the last one don...

DATE: May 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Although a few dairymen and cow keepers have sought the city hall to obtain a milk peddler’s license, as required by the new ordinance that goes into effect on or about May 2...

DATE: May 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Heavy showers marred the opening day of the spring race meeting now being held at the fairgrounds track under the auspices of the San Juan Horsemen’s Association. The threate...

DATE: May 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The first attempt to hold a spring racing meet in this city will be made today. The races are to be held under the auspices of the San Juan Horsemen’s Association and are par...

DATE: May 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Sheriff Fassbinder returned from a seven days chase after the horse thieves, Colyer and Freeman, who stole two of Wood & Morgan’s horses and three horses from Truby ranch. Al...

DATE: May 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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