History - The Journal

A historic designation for Helen’s Corner, a landmark northeast of Durango?

Country store has served rural residents, bicyclists and firefighters over the decades

DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

The origins and quirky facts of Feb. 29

Two Durangoans talk about what it’s like to have a birthday every four years

DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango, Farmington and the iron ties linking the two

Traces of an old Farmington-Durango railroad line can still be seen in places

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Goose reunion tour planned for July

Gathering of historic rail cars will be in Chama

DATE: Jan 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Learning project takes Dolores into valley’s past

Dolores third graders reenact scenes from valley’s past

DATE: Dec 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Historical Society to host scanning events for historic photos

The Journal The Montezuma County Historical Society is developing a program for residents to share historical photos that show life in the county and region from the late 1800s to...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Artifacts taken from Mesa Verde are coming home

Tribes welcome return of human remains, funeral objects removed in 1890s

DATE: Oct 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crow Canyon seeks answers to humanity’s biggest questions

Nonprofit CEO of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center charts course toward relevancy

DATE: Sep 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tiffany church included on county’s historic register

Iglesias de San Antonia in better position for grants, officials say

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sleuths go to work at historic Southwest Colorado cemeteries

Project documents burials, but there’s a catch: unmarked graves

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Galloping Goose adds to railroad collection

Two historic freight cars obtained in trades

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Moving from Texas to Big Bend

Editor’s note: The following is based on a Anna Florence Robison interview of Alice Henderson Akin on March 13, 1934.I was born at Millville, Rust County, Texas, Sept. 25, 1855. My early...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back