Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.
100 years ago: Radioactive ore fields of “very rare and very valuable metals” were found by miners along Montezuma Creek from western Montezuma County to Utah.
75 years ago: The Durango Chick Hatchery was selling baby chicks and custom hatching with the onset of spring weather.
50 years ago: Neighboring residents reported that Joe Harris’ Redmesa home was “destroyed by fire.” The family lost about 90 percent of its possessions in the blaze, but managed to save a television set and a couple chairs.
25 years ago: La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputies apprehended a female malamute or husky mix that reportedly killed two chickens and a duck at 69 Dove Ridge Lane in Bayfield.
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.
