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Position: Looking Back
Position: Montezuma County Historical Society
Position: Montezuma County Historical Society
Position: As told to Eldon Zwicker
Position: February 1985
Position: For MONTEZUMA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
In 1929, several buildings burned on Main Street due to a fire that occurred early on a Sunday morning. On Feb. 9 of this year three businesses were lost due to fire.These were basically in the...
DATE: June 5, 2014 | COLUMN: Looking back
This young lady, captured enjoying new blossoms in a young apple orchard, her straw hat artistically placed at her feet, signifies not only a single moment in time, but also the rich dreams and...
DATE: April 3, 2014 | COLUMN: Looking back
Part 3 Continued from January and February's Cortez JournalIn her interview, Allie Meadows Baer talked about the interesting visitor to the Meadows' Trading Post in 1902. Earle R. Forrest, 19, from...
DATE: March 7, 2014 | COLUMN: Looking back
Part 2: Continued from The Cortez Journal, Jan. 3, 2014 In her interview, Allie Meadows Baer talked about an interesting visitor to her father Billy Meadows’ trading post in the summer of 1902....
DATE: Feb. 7, 2014 | COLUMN: Looking back
From the Cortez Sentinel, March 21, 1929 CHICKEN OWNERS Notice is hereby given that henceforth chickens must be kept on the premises of the owner. Allowing chickens to run at large is a violation...
DATE: Sept. 6, 2013 | COLUMN: Looking back
PAST HISTORY OF EVENTS AT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK Making Camp for the Night, July 1909. Prof. Ed Levy was a teacher in Cortez in 1909/10. This is his story: “We camped where the Lodge now...
DATE: June 6, 2013 | COLUMN: Looking back
The area known as the German Settlement is west of the "Old Plywood Plant" located on County Road T and west of the Skyline Store on Road T.5. both west of Highway 145.PIONEER DESCRIBES GERMAN...
DATE: May 2, 2013 | COLUMN: Looking back
S. H. Phlegar of Dolores wrote this story in February of 1934 about events in the Montezuma Valley in 1909. This is from the "Anna Florence Robison interviews in 1934."Lively Times in the Montezuma...
DATE: March 1, 2013 | COLUMN: Looking back
Mitchell Springs may be referred to as the first town site for the City of Cortez. The first in this series on Mitchell Springs in 1882 may be found in the January issue of Looking Back published...
DATE: Feb. 1, 2013 | COLUMN: Looking back
Just mention the name of Mitchell Springs to any old timer or one of their descendants and they'll tell you that Mitchell Springs was often referred to as the first town site for the City of...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2013 | COLUMN: Looking back
The best fry bread makers know Blue Bird Flour is the best to use. Cortez Milling, which grinds the famous flour, has been in business for more than 80 years, but it was not the first flour mill in...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2012 | COLUMN: Looking back
Dale Davidson, a member of the Montezuma Historical Society has offered these articles for the Looking Back series.It was no easier over a hundred years ago than today, to move to the Montezuma...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2012 | COLUMN: Looking back
