100 years ago: “Tom Craudis and George Gilmore of the Lucky Moon, were in the city attending to mining matters. They will return this morning. They report the mine force busy sinking a 100-foot shaft, and the consequent cessation of ore shipments.”
75 yeas ago: “Sponsored by the Durango D.A.R. chapter the Americanization school has finished its work for the fall term, ending its 15th year of operation. The school conducts spring and fall terms in which lessons in English, history, and government are given free of charge to those who wish to apply for naturalization papers.”
50 yeas ago: “A demonstration on radio-active fallout protection will be given at a civil defense emergency preparedness seminar at Fort Lewis College. Why shelters? Fallout hazards and the responsibility of local government officials in the civil defense program will be discussed.”
25 years ago: “One day after news of a T-shirt ban at Miller Junior High School became public, the principal has changed his story on why the shirts aren’t allowed at the school. The principal told a Herald reporter that T-shirts that displayed skulls or bones were banned to protect children from Satanism. He then called the Associated Press in Denver and said he banned the shirts because they endorse drugs and suicide.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
