100 years ago: Shan Kelly and Charles Jellinek of Griffith “decided to see just how muddy the roads were” and made a trip to Durango. They left for home “fully convinced that the top layer of the earth” was “fairly well moistened.”
75 years ago: It was announced that ready-sliced bread was coming back, and bakers would again be allowed to “slice bread and rolls for home use as well as for restaurants, hotels, institutions and commissaries.”
50 years ago: U.S. Marshals seized 44,000 diet pills, valued at $250,000, from a clinic in Cortez after Food and Drug Administration officials claimed them as dangerous and launched an effort to stop national distribution. According to the FDA, the pills, which were commonly used for weight-control programs, had caused 14 deaths since being made publicly available.
25 years ago: Durango Police Department received a report that two young boys were throwing rocks at other kids at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Officers eventually found one of the boys behind Durango High School, cited him for trespassing and turned him over to the youth advocates program.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.
