100 years ago: “Weather observer Bailey’s report for the month of May shows that the highest temperature was 83 degrees noted on the 23; the lowest 28 on May 4. The mean temperature for the month was 55, just normal.”
75 years Ago: “Laid out in neat rows, bunk houses are being constructed in record time at Martin Wunderlich’s construction camp near the Vallecito dam site. These bunk houses for employees are about 20 feet square and will house nine men each. Twenty-four of the buildings are planned.”
50 years ago: This appeared in the section called Junior High Jottings: “Well people – this is the last ‘Jottings’ of the school years ’62-’63. Sob. Our last year in junior high is finished, kaput, gone. Junior high is a terrible age, but it can be fun. Make the most of it, but don’t ruin it.”
25 years ago: Joel Jones spent his first day at the helm of the Fort Lewis College presidency. “The State Board of Agriculture, FLC’s governing body, selected Jones as president April 20, following a 1½-year tenure of Acting President Don Whalen.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
