And the West is History

100 years ago: Silverton train service resumed after several “snowsheds” on the line caught fire. 75 years ago: Three hundred pheasants were delivered to Durango and taken ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Miners in Silverton were on strike, and many had left to apply for work at other mines. It was reported that “new men” were being hired to the “Sunnyside gang” and the min...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Clarence Ritter arrived in Durango from the Florida Mesa to give his family “a day’s outing in the city,” and made a comment about the crown prince of Germany, which said,...

DATE: Jul 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: J.W. Jarvis returned from Denver, and was forced to pass up Cheyenne because he ran out of money. He said it was an “awful trip” with “no luck.” 75 years ago...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: W. Miner arrived in Durango from his sheep camp to attend a funeral “of a roll of coin he was packing along, the obsequies being in supplies and provisions.” ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: While in Durango purchasing supplies, Tom Rowe of the Perins Peak district said that the “commander of the fleet of airships which bombarded London Saturday seemed to be g...

DATE: Jul 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Ben Russell and Doe Schlabach were “beating it for Electra Lake” to go fishing, with several kinds of bait to “make the fish hungry.” They expected to be gone for several ...

DATE: Jul 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The “first new potatoes” and “a good supply of home-grown cabbage” came into Durango with Johnathan Townsend. 75 years ago: La Plata County commissioners, Ci...

DATE: Jul 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Joe and George Olbert of Hesperus were in Durango “swapping yarns with their cronies and transacting business.” ...

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

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: A weather notice said, “Don’t cuss the weather. It makes the hay for the farmers and the fishing will be better a...

DATE: Jul 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Butter fat took “a jump” to 37 cents, “its old standard of high price.” The selling prices remained the same, how...

DATE: Jul 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Sergeant E. Birch, with a military record dating back 20 years, was in Durango “to take charge of the local Army ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History