100 years ago: “In order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for ‘rooms with bath’ the Strater Hotel company has a force of carpenters engaged in remodeling rooms to meet the requirements. Plumbers will follow close in their wake.”
75 years ago: “Again this morning residents of Durango could have made malted milks from the city water – if they had the malt.”
50 years ago: “Without knowing, judges picked Carol Brice, 10, and Tommy Brice, 9, brother and sister, as Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn out of hundreds of entries during the annual Huck Finn Day. Selected as Miss Freckles was Lee Ernst, 7 and as Mr. Freckles, Bruce McCully, 8.”
25 years ago: “The 30-year-old man accused of gunning down Durango resident Jack Strever, was ruled competent to stand trial in 6th Judicial District Court. A former Durango resident, the man was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Nov. 11, 1986, slaying of Strever. Strever, 59, was gunned down in front of his home at 430 Seventh St. shortly after noon.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
