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The West is History

100 years ago: “C.F. Faith, job foreman at the Durango Weekly Democrat, exceeded all local fishers in the catching last evening of an 18-inch trout weighing nearly four pounds, in the be...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

The West is History

100 years ago: “A Clever Girl: We shall expect to see Clara Geoglein our next county clerk and recorder. Not so much because of her admitted popularity as that she has been an attentive ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Politically the Democrats predominate in La Plata County by 500-600 votes. It is quite evident then that Republican candidates to be elected must secure a few hundred Dem...

DATE: Aug 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. ‘Jimmie’ Doyle will tear the La Platas wide open this fall. Everyone is glad that the coming season will see the greatest mining activity the San Juan Basin has known...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Matt Schaffer, 50, a prominent and wealthy rancher, was kicked in the face and head by a vicious horse. His left eye was literally kicked out, and pieces of the bone of h...

DATE: Aug 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

The West Is History

100 years ago: “Bill Shaffer brought word down from Oro Fino yesterday that mountain rats had carried off half a case of eggs from a neighboring prospector and had taken them over a rock...

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

The West is History

100 years ago: “An astounding find from the Aztec ruins is a pencil – a real pencil, very much like those used today. It is bound with wood and string, and when one wets the end of the p...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Aztecs thought to be descended from Scandinavian race: One of a pair of locally discovered mummies had red hair, indicating the Aztecs must have been a blonde race. Noted...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Two men were killed instantly while placing a smokestack on the roof of a boarding house near Vanadium when they came into contact with a high tension line carrying 10,00...

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The impending railroad strike and complete tie-up of all the roads prompts us to suggest you protect yourself by having on hand enough sow bosom and beans to carry you ov...

DATE: Aug 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The late flood waters in Spring Creek were the means whereby ‘Spud’ House made a lasting ‘rep’ among the railroad boys by being the only one to walk the plank across the ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mrs. James Moore, who underwent an operation for varicose veins yesterday at Mercy Hospital, is doing nicely.” 75 YEARS AGO: “Elite Beauty Shoppe – ‘Where H...

DATE: Aug 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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