100 years ago: “Summary of the first day of the 15th annual Colorado-New Mexico Fair: Crowd present estimated at 1,000, fine weather, crowd in good-humor, well-entertained; every event going off smoothly and without any accidents of note.”
75 years ago: “The city of Durango is not quarantined. That should be defiantly stated so that San Juan Basin shoppers will know. As a precautionary measure, all public gatherings are banned to help control the infantile paralysis infection, but business is going on in Durango as usual.”
50 years ago: “William C. Haga attended a propane short course this past week in Kansas City, Mo. The course is sponsored by Consumers Cooperative Association. Haga works for the Basin Coop in Durango.”
25 years ago: “Members of the mill tailings task force touring the site of the tailings removal project at Smelter Mountain gave rave reviews to the $24 million project, which is about to shut down for the winter. All tailings will have been buried at the 40-acre disposal site behind Smelter Mountain in Bodo Canyon by the time work ceases for the winter at the end of November.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
