And the West is History

100 years ago: “Hugo R. Buerger, partner in the famous firm of Buerger Brothers of Denver, came in on the Southern. Hugo can tell you more about hair tonics in the German language than a Frenchman...

100 years ago: “Yesterday’s Farmington train was about 10 minutes late getting in. On the way down, about ½-mile south of Flora Vista, the front wheels on the tender’s first truck got on the ground...

100 years ago: “Charles Stilwell get an auto! Wait until he does – but do not get impatient.” 75 years ago: “Thirty employees of the Graden Mercantile Company, in company with their families and...

100 years ago: “The ‘Gem’ theater opened its doors to the public for its initial performance, within a very short time the S.R.O. sign had to be hung out. Proprietor J.O. Taylor obtained the...

100 years ago: “The new theater being completed by J. O. Taylor on the corner of 10th Street and Main Avenue, and which will give its initial performance tomorrow night, is the most...

100 years ago: Fort Lewis – “On Thursday the institute members had an air of getting ready to go home. Mrs. Cozine closed her class in paper cutting and folding to make way for Miss Shoe’s class in...

100 years ago: “A road camp with 30 men in the gang has been established by San Juan County near the Silver Lodge Mine on the road from Red Mountain to Silverton. We are informed that the road at...

100 years ago: The following appeared in the section titled Florida Gleanings: “If the weather is favorable, many of the farmers will commence hay cutting next week.” 75 years ago: “The 16 year old...

100 years ago: “Tomorrow night is the Maccaoee shirt waist dance. Mark the date in your engagement book.” 75 years ago: “Following a custom that was carried out through the fall, winter and spring...