100 years ago: Joe Bryce and Tom McNay, ranchers from the Lower Animas Valley, visited Durango to purchase needed supplies.
75 years ago: A radio broadcast “concerning the importing of Japanese aliens to Colorado” was announced. The effect on farm labor would be the focus of the KIUP radio program.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.