And the West is History

100 years ago: “A fire in the stone building on the corner of Main Avenue and 12th Street, formerly occupied by the San Juan Transfer Company from unknown origin, caused damage to several hu...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Fort Lewis College Buffalo Council ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “W. F. Hunter, post trader on the reservation 30 miles below Farmington, who has been spending a couple of months at his old home in Illinois, returned on the Eastern with a b...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “L. E. Jenkins of Bayfield, was an arrival in the city on the Eastern train. He says the roads are too nice just now to be disturbed by automobiles or wagons. He started last ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “In the hardest fought battle they have had this season, the Durango High School basketball team defeated the fast Silverton team at the high school gym with a final score of ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Richard Gifford, the high school student who had a bone in his right foot broken when he slipped on the steps at the school, will be laid up for some time. An X-ray picture w...

DATE: Feb 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Everybody in Durango is going to church next Sunday judging from the interest taken in the ‘Go to Church’ movement.” 75 years ago: “Gerald Morelock, who was painfu...

DATE: Feb 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Doctor Henkle, the Silverton dentist, was a southbound passenger on the Farmington train to pull a few New Mexican teeth.” 75 years ago: “The Western Colorado Powe...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: SILVERTON – “The train at the Sunnyside Mine has been completed and the ore bins are rapidly being filled at the mills. It is expected they will be going full force within a f...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Manuelita Martinez, 17, the daughter of Romero Martinez of Perins Peak, had an almost miraculous escape from death when she was run down by a Calumet mine switch engine and d...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The transfer of the passengers northbound on the Farmington train to the Eastern at Carbon Junction was made necessary by the destruction of the track at the point by the fal...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. W.D. McMahon of Silverton were visitors in the city. They do not think very highly of the change that they made from the bee-yoo-tifull snow-clad streets of the ...

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

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday