100 years ago: “F. C. Ames, the undertaking man, is in the city on matters of pressing business. He says times are hard and people are too healthy.”
75 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Steward of Dove Creek, Durango visitors, told of the fire at Dove Creek which destroyed the Fendoll Sitton warehouse and some 2,400 sacks of beans stored there. The fire listed as probably the most disastrous in the history of Dove Creek, is believed to have been started accidentally by some loggers who slept there nights.”
50 years ago: “Commencement exercises for the largest graduating class Durango High School has ever had will be held. 211 seniors will march up to the podium. The girls will wear white gowns and the boys red.”
25 years ago: “The Durango area is in the midst of the seventh driest spring on record. Total precipitation during the months of March, April and May was 1.30 inches, about one-third the average total of 3.81 inches. Temperatures, meanwhile, have been warm, with an average high of 78 and an average low of 37.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
