100 years ago: There was a range, a sewing machine, a bed and a couch for sale.
75 years ago: Durango had two sheriffs’ cars, three people trained in first aid, two men trained in explosives, three ambulances, one inhalator, two gas masks and one oxygen cutter.
50 years ago: The Durango-Cortez Herald selected Mickey Hogan, secretary-treasurer of the Mosquito Control District, citizen of the month for February.
25 years ago: Roughly 25 members of San Juan Earth First! marched down Main Avenue to the U.S. Forest Service office in protest of a proposed timber sale north of Durango.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
