100 years ago: “A new place to spend extra change will soon be provided in the old Bismarck saloon stand on Main Avenue. Meer Brothers of Denver are moving six pool and billiard tables into the room, which is being fitted up for a first-class billiard and pool parlor.”
75 years ago: “The children’s department of the city library has made new lists of all children’s books through all grades to the ninth.”
50 years ago: “Ten teachers in School District 9-R will retire at the end of the school term under the present retirement policy, which requires teachers to retire who were born in 1898 or before, or who are 67 years old.”
25 years ago: “The FBI hopes Durango residents can lead agents to a blonde couple suspected of abducting a 7-year-old California girl. FBI agent Jeff Shady said a local woman called authorities after recognizing the couple on the television show, ‘Unsolved Mysteries.’”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
