And the West is History

100 years ago: It was announced that on Nov. 6, 1917, New Mexico would vote on statewide prohibition. 75 years ago: The first snow of the season fell on Cumbres Pass, accor...

DATE: Oct 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Someone reported that “a certain Durango sport who won $200 on Chicago dropped a bunch of coin on Chicago taking the fourth game.” 75 years ago: Mr. and Mrs....

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Chapman Hardware Co. set up a two-cylinder Bain for J.D. Graves of Cedar Hill. 75 years ago: The “chilled breath of approaching winter” spurred Nazis to ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Myers entertained W.E. Duggan and family at lunch in Violet Grove, where “weinerwurst sandwiches and other good things comprised the menu.” ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: A forest fire started behind Perins Peak and received attention from local forest officials. 75 years ago: “Steaming along under the power generated by their...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The soda water fountains in Durango advertised higher than usual prices. The Durango Democrat added that ice cream was “a dollar a dish in France,” beer was 6 cents in Chi...

DATE: Oct 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: E.J. Myers, “the pork magnate of the Animas Valley,” brought in “some more of the rooters” and took another bale of kale. 75 years ago: Gasoline rationing was announced to...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Bob Meldrum, former local gunman and well-known “character of the early days,” was released under parole from the Wyoming state penitentiary for good behavior. He spent th...

DATE: Oct 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: J.W. Ralston of Cedar Hill “topped the market” when he sold a car of hogs to the Graden Mercantile Co. The hogs were purchased at $18.25 per hundred and Ralston “copped of...

DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Frank Foster, son of Mrs. J.C. Foster, had been in the Navy for five months and wrote his mother from Oregon to say he was “enjoying the life immensely” and had already be...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: A follow-up story about a “supposedly insane” man on the Florida Mesa resulted in the arrest of John Butcher of Denver. Butcher said that he wanted to “butcher everyone wh...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: H.L. Morgan, field secretary of the State Bankers’ Association was in Durango “to grame up with local banks regarding the coming Liberty Loan campaign.” 75 y...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History