100 years ago: Andy Chitwood was down from his valley home for his usual visit to his son, Bill, at Mercy Hospital.
75 years ago: Karl Parker, who was an extension agent for Montezuma County five years, would become El Paso County’s new agent.
50 years ago: A storm of rain, snow and sleet left nearly a quarter-inch of precipitation, which brought the April precipitation moisture to 6.03 inches.
25 years ago: Durango Police Department received a report of two men with long hair living in a trailer and playing loud rap music at the corner of Ninth Street and East Fifth Avenue. Police told the men not to camp there anymore.
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.
