100 years ago: “The Denver Post says: ‘Father M. F. Callahan, of Durango, has been appointed successor to Monseigneur Brady, rector of Annunciation Parish. Brady resigned from his parish Dec. 25, 1914.’”
75 years ago: “The recently formed Durango law firm of Emight & Hatfield was elected by the city council to fill the vacant post of city attorney of Durango.”
50 years ago: “Raymond T. Duncan, Durango oil man and president of Durango Ski Corp. announced plans for the first phase of what may become a multi-million dollar ski development 25 miles north of Durango. It will be named Purgatory and the first phase, costing $550,000, is scheduled for completion by next December.”
25 years ago: “Durangoans unhappy that Denver television is being blocked by a Farmington station say they will take a ‘good neighbor’ approach to pleading their case. If that doesn’t work, however, they may try some stronger tactics such as petitioning the Federal Communications Commission or boycotting advertisers. Under new FCC rules, Farmington station KOBF has required the local cable television company to block identical programming on KCNC, from Denver. Both are NBC affiliates.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
