100 years ago: “The apple crop in the lower country is not what it was last year – Fancy Jonathans are held at $1.50 the box in car-load lots and they are not so abundant – others standard varieties range lower.”
75 years ago: “Many automobiles were washed and polished to the nth degree and as many owners had their regrets after the afternoon’s rain. ‘Man proposes and God disposes.’”
50 years ago: “Durango High School students will get their 1963 Homecoming activities off to a blazing start with a snake dance and bonfire.”
25 years ago: “When the Discovery takes off, Jim Nelson will be glued to the television set. For the first time since the space shuttle program began, the owner of A’Roma Restaurant and Tavern will not be watching the impressive vehicle lift off from the Houston command center. Nelson, 51, is a veteran aerospace engineer who worked as a Grumman Aerospace Corp. contractor for NASA since 1964, during the Gemini days.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
