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This Week in History for July 29, 2021

July 29, 2021

Walsenburg 1883: We learn the smallpox is abating in Trinidad but many cases are still recurring along the Purgatory River as far up as Stonewall.

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This Week in History for July 22, 2021

July 22, 2021

by Nancy Christofferson Walsenburg 1877: A marriage license was issued this week to Manuel Carillo and Maria Eduvigen Cardenas, both of Canon del Huerfano. 1882:

This Week in History for July 15, 2021

July 15, 2021

Walsenburg 1895: A murder was attempted near the Mosca Pass toll gate on this side of the mountains that was found to be the result

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This Week in History for July 8, 2021

July 8, 2021

Walsenburg 1871: The county commissioners set up a precinct for the Santa Clara district with the polling place to be the house of John Bigelow

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This Week in History, for July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021

Walsenburg 1889: The city council would do well to put water service into the city jail, if only for cleanliness. It is horrible in the

This Week in History for June 24, 2021

June 24, 2021

Walsenburg 1883: We hear rooms are so scarce in the new Rouse coal camp that as many as a dozen men share one 10 by

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This Week in History, for June 17, 2021

June 17, 2021

Walsenburg 1862: William Ryland Walker was sworn in as Justuce of the Peace for his precinct in the south part of the county. 1872: The

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This Week in History, by Nancy Christofferson

June 10, 2021

Walsenburg 1895: Photographer Ory T. Davis of Malachite married Miss Viola Wheeler of Walsenburg and they will probably make their home here. 1900: It has

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This Week in History for June 3, 2021

June 3, 2021

Walsenburg 1881: D.T. Cort, senior clerk for the Walsen and Levy store, and his lady celebrated their first (paper) wedding anniversary with a large assemblage

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