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And the West is History

By Forrest Stone

Herald Staff Writer

100 years ago: Miss Myrtle Hill and Miss Goldie Hocker, teachers at Durango schools, announced they were back from vacation.

75 years ago: The American Legion auxiliary was scheduled to meet for formal installation of officers.

50 years ago: James D. Childress was sworn in, with his deputy and assistant, as district attorney of the Sixth Judicial District by district judges James M. Noland and William S. Eakes.

25 years ago: A man who had been previously cited by police when his dog bit a boy was served a notice to quarantine the animal.

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.



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