100 years Ago: “The Graden Mercantile Co. of Durango had decided to put in a pork packing plant of sufficient capacity to care for all the hogs that will be raised in this section for several years to come.” – Farmington Times
75 years ago: “Eleven deer had been registered at the Gardenswartz Sporting Goods Store, all shot in this territory. In addition to the deer, L.F. Young of Durango reported shooting a large mountain lion on the Hermosa and Lloyd Green brought in a 100-pound bear, shot near Rockwood.”
50 years ago: “People in the Durango area have experienced one of the craziest years on record for weather, a year in which extremes have been recorded in the winter, spring and summer seasons, and a fall record, which stood for 30 years, is about to be surpassed. If frost holds off another two days, the existing record of frost-free days until Oct. 13, established 30 years ago, will fall, according to W.W. Davies, veteran Durango weather observer.”
25 years ago: “Deborah Uroda, the media relations manager for Purgatory Ski Resort and former reporter at the Durango Herald, accepted the job of college relations director for Fort Lewis College.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
