100 years ago: “T.W. Hall returned from Silverton where the firm of contractors, known as Loftus, Skidmore and Hall, of which he is a member and engaged in constructing a portion of the state highway that leads out of Silverton. Regardless of unfavorable weather conditions the work has progressed without interruption and will be completed the first of the month.”
75 years ago: “Grade stakes have been set by Engineer Kroeger for leveling the grounds of the new Smiley Junior High School. The west end of the lot will be graded down about 12 feet to a slope, and an addition to the building added.”
50 years ago: “City police were checked out in the use of their new portable radar speed detector, and wrote their first ticket using the new device. They clocked a woman driver doing 38 miles an hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone on Eighth Street.”
25 years ago: “For all you men who know what a monk spot is, and know exactly how shiny yours is, listen up. The first prescription drug proven to grow hair is now available in Durango. Rogaine, the new anti-balding drug from Upjohn Co., was approved in August by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. While it doesn’t promise an instant full head of hair, it does stimulate hair growth – on certain men. Dr. Lawrence Gaughan, a Durango dermatologist, said he already has prescribed Rogaine to 20 or so of his patients.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
