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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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Roy Cottrell replaced Lee Klinefelter as “instructor in shop work and mathematics at the Fort Lewis agricultural school” after Klinefelter took a Navy job as an aerial dra...

DATE: Apr 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: A private zoo performance was held by the Wells Fargo express force and featured a caged mountain lion that was shipped by its capturer John Crawford of Mancos. ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: D.N. Funston of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Exploration company announced that his company had officially purchased the Gold Prince company, otherwise ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Gus Olbert, a farmer of the Thompson’s Park section, returned home after a business trip. He planned to have his son look after his ranch interests when the crops had been...

DATE: Mar 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: A weather report for Durango said, “the weather maker is providing us with some of those perfect days the poets sing about.” 75 years ago: Cadet Franklin W. ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: A 14-year-old boy from Oxford was found guilty in county court of stealing a pony. 75 years ago: Seventy grocers in the area attended a food merchants meetin...

DATE: Mar 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: The naval recruiting party in Durango recorded a total of seven applicants for enlistment in the Navy. 75 years ago: A family of six who lived in Bayfield wa...

DATE: Mar 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: Ed Kent of the Helm barber shop was confined to his home after he suffered “injuries of the ligaments of the leg” from an automobile collision. 75 years ago:...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: According to the county clerk’s records, March had been “a bum month for Cupid.” A woman’s explanation was “it’s due to the H.C. of I” and “a mean man” said it was “due to...

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

And the West is History

100 years ago: Lawrence Nolan left his home “by invitation of his neighbors” after they “used the horsewhip on him freely.” He was in search of law officers who could “come to his rescue...

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

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