100 years ago: “The public library has been thoroughly renovated with new curtains placed at the windows and other things added, which greatly enhance the beauty of the interior of the building.”
75 years ago: A classified wanted advertisement read, “Passage for one Sunday to San Francisco; 829½ Second Ave.”
50 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, 2006 Forest Ave., attended the ninth annual square dance festival at Aspen and say it was great fun.”
25 years ago: “The grass was greener, Durango City Council members decided. Council members, impressed by the enthusiasm of supporters, voted 4-1 not to rezone a portion of Brookside Park that would have made it eligible for sale and development.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
