100 years ago: “Walter Morrison, of Bayfield, was a business visitor in the city. He recently returned from Cave Basin, and says there are not so many men there now as at the first of the season.”
75 years ago: “Calhoun and Pinkerton are relinquishing their Pontiac agency and devoting their sales efforts to Buicks exclusively.”
50 years ago: “Twenty-four La Plata County teenagers were present at the courthouse to organize a chapter of TARs – Teen Age Republicans.”
25 years ago: “The cost of a first-class postage stamp likely will rise to 28 to 32 cents early in 1991. That means two more Christmases at the current 25-cent rate for first-class letters.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
