We are into the year of 2014, and I wondered what happened 100 years ago.
From a personal standpoint, my mother was born 100 years ago.
Seniors who graduated from Mancos High were Audis Clampitt, John Frink, Helen Carpenter, Vera Guymon, Blanche Hammond, Callie Noland, Corene Rickner, Kathryn Weston and Julia Wood.
Audis was the son of Grady and Kathryn Clampitt. Grady came to Mancos at the age of 18. He was a county commissioner from 1952-56 and passed away in 1960. John was the son of James and Mary Wilson Frink. James was one of the early cowboys who settled in the Mancos Valley in the 1870s; he passed away in 1949. Vera was the daughter of Frances and Grace Guymon. Frances was the first person to be buried in the Old Mormon Cemetery; he passed away in 1882. Blanche was the daughter of Lavina Elliker Hammond, my great-grandmother. Lavina came to Mancos in 1886 and married John Hammond in 1893. Callie was the daughter of Oen Edgar Noland and Caroline Mitchell. Callie married Boe Alexander. She was also the great-grandmother of Boe Hawkins. Corene was the daughter of Thomas and Lillian Honaker Rickner. Thomas was one of the earliest pioneers in the Mancos Valley. He was the superintendent at Mesa Verde National Park from 1913-1921; he passed away in 1925. Kathryn was the daughter of James and Emoline Weston. James married Emoline in 1846 and came to the Mancos Valley in 1882; he passed away in 1910. Julia was the daughter of Ella Wood, who owned two lots on Grand and was the owner of Wood's Drug and Market beneath opera house.
In September, the First National Bank and the Bauer Bank consolidated under the name First National Bank.
In the fall, three carloads of horses, 140 carloads of sheep and 160 railroad carloads of cattle shipped out of Mancos.
In December, the Miller Hardware Co. shipped 10,000 pounds of oats by parcel post to Keam's Canyon in Arizona.
In 1914, boys and girls clubs were organized in the schools. The boys raised potatoes and corn while the girls were taught to cook, sew and do housework.
Darrel Ellis is a local historian and a longtime resident of Mancos.