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

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: D.H. Morgan was recently injured “while trying to prove that the Ford was an irresistible force and a telephone p...

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

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: A subscriber mailed a “batch of poetry” about the extra session of the state legislature, but the “hot weather sp...

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

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: “The naughty birds” were having a “real cherry feast in the city and in the Animas Valley according to all report...

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

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: Classified lost-and-found notices included, “Man’s dark coat with flashlight in pocket between Durango and Dick G...

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

And the West is History

By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer 100 years ago: An Editorial comment said, “Hey there, congress: Now that the brewers are satisfied, for goodness sake, put somet...

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