100 years ago: A 14-year-old boy from Oxford was found guilty in county court of stealing a pony.
75 years ago: Seventy grocers in the area attended a food merchants meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to define regulations, requirements and operations of the proposed county food stamp plan.
50 years ago: Capt. Martha Metcalfe, Army Nurse Corps counselor for Colorado-Wyoming, was at the Army Recruiting Office, 1025 Main Ave., to induct those interested in the Army Nurse Corps.
25 years ago: Two boys were trying to shoot out the windows of Butterfield Stage with a slingshot.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
