100 years ago: “The San Juan Basin points with pride at its smelter, its mines, its fertile fields, its flocks of sheep, its herds of cattle, but its greatest pride is in its boys and girls in whose hands the destiny of the section rests. Yesterday, the property owners of Durango, by their vote, signified their willingness to bear a greater burden of taxation in order to give the children of this city and the vicinities tributary the best possible educational facilities, in short to train them for the duties that are coming to them.”
75 years ago: “Officials of the Fish and Game Department have begun feeding deer and elk in the neighborhood of Pinkerton in a combined effort to save some of the deer from near starvation and to save some of the fruit trees and haystacks in the locality from near devastation.”
50 years ago: “It has been almost two weeks since the last snow, but good skiing is still forecast.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
