And the West is History

100 years ago: Updates were being done to the federal building that housed the U.S. district court, land office, forest service office, postal inspectors, postmasters and post office. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Durango residents exhibited difficulty paying January bills because of expenses from the holiday season. 75 years ago: La Plata Electric Association propose...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Starving rodents” were “ruining fruit trees” along the Florida River near Allison and in Montezuma Valley, where snow was 3 to 5 feet deep. Rabbits reportedly were climbi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Denver & Rio Grande train on the Silverton branch, which went up Animas Canyon, was stopped by a dead buck deer on the tracks that looked like it was killed by a mount...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Just 250 feet of ice, between 4 and 5 feet thick,” on the Rio Grande between Durango and Silverton, was removed to clear the rails for travel. 75 years ago:...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A winter storm dumped 4 feet of snow in Telluride, and 6 feet in the surrounding mountain areas. 50 years ago: LeRoy Goodman was injured in a vehicle collisi...

And the West is History

100 years ago: It was rumored that fishing laws were to be revised for 2018 “at a special session of the legislature” to meet changed conditions, such as “dumping contraband liquors into...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The La Plata County Jail was becoming “thickly populated,” according to Sheriff Alexander. 50 years ago: Sixty paintings and art objects were donated to the ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: According to the government thermometer, the high temperature was 28 degrees during the day, and at the night, “Old Man Cold with his wintry blasts drove the mercury to th...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Tony Micheli, a young man from Mancos, departed for Denver after he enlisted for military service. 75 years ago: An improved water system was the main topic ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Tobe Apperson, “a prosperous rancher from the Salt Creek district,” transacted business in Durango. For clarification, the local news item also said, “By the way, the plac...

And the West is History

100 years ago: After he listened to “a tale of woe,” Judge McCloud granted final decree of divorce to Maude E. Condon. 75 years ago: Ralph Cloud, 44-year-old policeman at t...