And the West is History

100 years ago: A boulder, estimated to weigh more than 100 tons, “rolled down the hillside, over the track and into the river,” and “demolished” a section of railroad on the Farmington b...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: There was a report published to warn people that “trouble in a different form lurks on the trail of stock owners.” It related to I.M. Shaffer of Animas Valley, who “lost a...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: There was an advertisement for pure seed potatoes, which included “Early Six Weeks and White Pearl varieties.” 75 years ago: The Department of Agriculture ma...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Henry J. Thomas, an employee of the Durango railyard roundhouse, departed for Portland to see his wife and daughter. 75 years ago: Durango city councilmen un...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. Annie C. Wigglesworth, “widow of the engineer who located this division of the D&RG,” returned to her ranch after “visiting a few of her many friends in Durango.” ...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Classified wanted advertisements included a hotel day clerk at the Imperial Hotel in Silverton and a housekeeper at 722 Sixth Ave., “phone Durango 219.” 75 y...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Silverton shipped 76 cars of ore in the first 11 days of April, on track to break the previous year’s record. 75 years ago: Five local youths were arrested a...

DATE: Apr 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: E.A. Chubb returned from his ranch to Durango and looked healthy. He reported that “the rabbits have killed off nearly all of his fruit trees.” 75 years ago:...

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

And the West is History

April 15 100 years ago: H.R. Davis was in Durango from Kline mesa “to get the latest war dope and incidentally to spend a goodly bunch of coin with the merchants on the main stem.” ...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. Hood announced that the Navy Recruiting party was ready to sign applications for recruits from Durango. 75 years ago: Eighteen Durango men were enlisted ...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: The San Juan Basin spoke “for war and for victory, for a struggle that may last for years, for undying loyalty to Woodrow Wilson, the greatest president this country has e...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. McQuaid, a resident on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street, was “having a siege with appendicitis.” 75 years ago: Hundreds of shoppers flocked ...

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