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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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Employment agent for the Smuggler Mining Company, T.W. Sampson, arrived in Durango from Telluride to find “good miners for his company.” 75 years ago: The An...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Classified for sale advertisements included a side board, china closet, dining room table, typewriter desks, a new heating stove, single and double beds, small tables, kit...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Classified wanted advertisements included a “woman for all around housework” at the Southern Hotel, ranch workers for a “man and wife” and a “wanted at once” notice for a ...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Several people attended a party at the Strater to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Oren Frary’s third wedding anniversary. 75 years ago: The municipal associations in ...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Will Compton was released from the hospital after he was severely burned via electric shock, and “came down from Silverton” to spend “some time with the home folk.” ...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. L.M. Ricketts and her daughter departed for Farmington after they spent several days in Durango receiving dental work. 75 years ago: Four Durango church...

DATE: Apr 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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