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And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Colorado State Patrol Lt. Frank Tomsic felt obligated to submit a cautionary statement reminding local drivers that taxi cabs, along with school buses carrying one child or...

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: Mona Garrett’s large, relatively new trailer was destroyed by fire at Island Cove Trailer Court. She returned home to find her unit in flames, and was hospitalized due to s...

DATE: Dec 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: After getting 5 inches of fresh snow the previous Saturday night, people enjoyed their first “real” day of skiing at Purgatory, which had a 30-inch base mid-mountain. On Su...

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: The Department of Interior and the State Water Pollution Control Commission announced there would be an open hearing on the topic of river and stream pollution after decade...

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: “Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ashe of Tempe, Arizona, announced their daughter, Barbara Ruth, was engaged to Durango local John W. Walkington, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walkingto...

DATE: Dec 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: DURANGO – Police Chief Cloyd Hubertus reported this morning. E.G. Parks, 1 Sixth Avenue, called the police at 8:25 p.m. Thursday to report someone seemed to have broken i...

DATE: Dec 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: It was a clear, unseasonably warm first day of December, and locals found themselves wondering if the first snow would ever arrive, with no winter storms in the Durango are...

DATE: Nov 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: Employment in La Plata county rose four per cent between March 1964 and March 1965 according to one of the nation’s economic indicators, “County Business Patterns,” issued ...

DATE: Nov 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: Bargain-minded women travelers will soon be able to fly for half fare over a large area of the West. A budget-stretching 25-day round-trip “Ladies Fare” has been proposed b...

DATE: Nov 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: Mrs. Roger Ptolemy, Mrs. Harold Ritter and Mrs. Chain Healy will represent the Durango Art Association on the Fine Arts Council, a newly formed organization to further cult...

DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: Fort Lewis College, now in its fifth year as a degree-granting liberal arts college, has emerged as a pioneer in year-round education in Colorado and as a significant facto...

DATE: Nov 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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50 years ago: “Wayne Woodhouse, a 216-pound junior from Cedaredge who was used primarily as a defensive guard but also played some offensive tackle, has been named by the Fort Lewis Coll...

DATE: Nov 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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