100 years ago: Mrs. McQuaid, a resident on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street, was “having a siege with appendicitis.”
75 years ago: Hundreds of shoppers flocked to stores on Main Avenue to purchase “spring hats, frocks, coats and miscellaneous outfits” during a record-breaking Easter sale.
50 years ago: Glenn Jenkins was stopped by police four and a half miles north of Durango after he hit a parked car at 2876 Main Ave. and fled the scene. The car was hit with such force that it was displaced eight feet from its original location.
25 years ago: A woman reported someone in her neighborhood who was “baiting dogs with poisoned meat” in the 3900 block of County Road 250.
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.
