100 years ago: William Elard, “one of the patriotic boys who enlisted for service with Uncle Sammy at Cortez,” returned after failing to pass the examinations.
75 years ago: High school students who were looking for summer work were urged to apply at the Durango office of the U.S. employment service, where there was “a huge demand for farm labor.”
50 years ago: A vacant house burned to the ground at Santa Rita, while eight La Plata fire volunteers stood by to keep the blaze from spreading.
25 years ago: Someone threw a Molotov cocktail onto the street in the 2500 block of West Third Ave.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
