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: The mines near May Day spur started to make plans for upcoming summer ore shipments to the Durango smelter.
75 years ago: Mr. Harry Lemon purchased a 240-acre plot of land alongside the Florida River to produce hay for his upper Florida ranch.
25 years ago: Animas Fire volunteers and La Plata County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a fire in the 4000 block of County Road 203, and found that the residents there had decided to burn down one of their sheds.
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.
