100 years ago: “Fred Titus, of Idaho Springs, formerly managing a pool parlor for Meer Brothers at that place, is in the city and has taken active management of the new billiard hall established here by Henry Meer on Main Avenue.”
75 years ago: “A.W. Harrison, answering the luring call of the blue Pacific, departed for Hawaii where he will enjoy six weeks or two months vacation visit in the land from whence all romance is derived.”
50 years ago: “Mrs. JoAnn Jones, 37, is in satisfactory condition at Community Hospital after being brought out of rough country east of Durango in a dramatic rescue following a helicopter crash. Virgil Jones, 42, a new pilot, for Durango’s Skyhook who arrived from Louisiana about three weeks ago, left La Plata Field to take his wife JoAnn on a ride to show her elk herds. Jones circled his craft low to the ground for a better look and became entangled in La Plata Electric power lines, causing the helicopter to crash.”
25 years ago: “With the dedication of a new roundhouse, the dawn of a new era begins for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The old roundhouse, which was built in 1881, was destroyed in a fire Feb. 10, 1989.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
