100 years ago: “The local Elks Lodge has erected a new electric sign at the entrance to the Redmen building. The new sign is diamond shaped, a border of electric lights surrounding an elk’s head.”
75 years ago: “‘Home for Christmas,’ the 1940 version of the Durango High School’s annual Christmas play, will be given at the high school auditorium. This performance is for adults; school children being admitted at a later showing.”
50 years ago: “The Durango fire department answered a call to Sixth Street and Railroad Avenue. When the truck arrived, the fire was out. There had been a short in the wiring of a 1957 Pontiac belonging to Jose Martinez.”
25 years ago: “The 928th Medical Co., the National Guard unit with detachments in Durango and Cortez that has been poised for Operation Desert Shield deployment, will be spending Christmas at home. The unit has been granted a four-day leave from Fort Carson Army Post.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
