Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.
100 years ago: H.C. Haffner of Fort Lewis Mesa was in Durango to gather supplies and bring them back home.
75 years ago: “Animas Valley Grangers” attended “a splendid meeting” that featured 13 new members who received third and fourth degrees.
50 years ago: Durango Police Chief Cloyd Hubertus reported that a car, which was allegedly stolen from a lot at Turner Motor Co., was recovered in Farmington.
25 years ago: An assistant principal at Smiley Middle School called Durango Police Department to report a 15-year-old girl who “kicked her in the leg and hit her hand.”
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.
