100 years ago: “Theodore Nulton left for the Cave Basin District via the Florida station and Vallecito, to wait at the latter place until trails are broken into the new camp.”
75 years ago: “Raymond Murray, Durango, has been fined $6.20 on being found guilty of carrying over three people in the front seat of his car, and for driving without an operators license.”
50 years ago: “Earl Barker, Jr., vice president and manager of the Strater Hotel, says more than 1,000 reservations have been received for the Diamond Circle Theatre this summer. ‘If we could keep the theatre open through September,’ Barker says, “we’d have more than 3,000 reservations.’”
25 years ago: “Willis Young has spent two-thirds of his life helping get the Durango Herald to the customer. For 43 years, the pressman puts the daily news into black and white. ... Last week, Young turned 65 and decided it was time to hang up his green coveralls.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
