100 years ago: A trio of genial commercial men, E.H. Kennedy, Harry M. Baugh and Waldo Ransom, who were “very popular with local society folk,” hosted a dinner at the Strater the previous evening.
75 years ago: Durango had three full-time policemen, one police car, two taxi cabs, five firemen, 105 Boy Scouts, 15 doctors, two hospitals and 11 sheriffs/deputies.
50 years ago: U.S. Department of Agriculture plant pest control officials conducted fall adult grasshopper surveys in Colorado that showed several areas of cropland were host to infestations.
25 years ago: A Cessna 177 private airplane experienced engine problems and was forced to make an emergency landing in a field shortly after taking off from Durango-La Plata County Airport, en route to Wichita Falls, Texas. None of the four people on board were injured during the landing.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
