And The West is History

In this March 9, 1966, photo: “Members of Fort Lewis College’s Shalako Indian Club were at La Plata field Tuesday night to greet their guests for the Hohzoni Days which begin on the campus Thursday. On the steps of the Frontier plane, in light coat, is Miss Indian America, Marcella Sharron Ahtone, a Kiowa Indian who holds the title during the year. Left to right are Frontier stewardess Jo An Miller of Denver; Miss Ahtone; Robert Loescher, president of the Shalako Club; Clyde Bennely, Ann Boyd, Ralph Eluska and Sharon Goodluck.”

Durango Herald file

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In this March 9, 1966, photo: “Members of Fort Lewis College’s Shalako Indian Club were at La Plata field Tuesday night to greet their guests for the Hohzoni Days which begin on the campus Thursday. On the steps of the Frontier plane, in light coat, is Miss Indian America, Marcella Sharron Ahtone, a Kiowa Indian who holds the title during the year. Left to right are Frontier stewardess Jo An Miller of Denver; Miss Ahtone; Robert Loescher, president of the Shalako Club; Clyde Bennely, Ann Boyd, Ralph Eluska and Sharon Goodluck.”

Durango Herald file

100 years ago: “Of considerable encouragement for fruit growers in several districts of the San Juan is the new schedule of freight rates on apples and mixed fruits, in carload lots, just issued by the Denver & Rio Grande, to become effective March 17, 1916.”

75 years ago: “Three recruits for the U.S. Navy were dispatched to Denver for final examination Monday by the Durango office.”

50 years ago: “The Durango Ski Club will sponsor a junior slalom race Sunday at Hesperus for all junior skiers in classes I through V who hold classification cards.”

25 years ago: “Students entered 400 experiments in the Durango School District Science Fair last week.”

Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.