100 years ago: “Sam Stauffer, of Oklahoma City, a brother of Ben Stoffer, the Democrat’s linotyper, arrived in the city to take up the machine work at the Herald office. Sam is a big upstanding man with two fists and a square jaw. He says he likes the town, and from what he has seen of it thinks there is no place on top the hull green earth so prolific in opportunities and so capable of qualifying for a suburb of heaven as the wonderful San Juan Basin.”
75 years ago: “The naval recruiting office in Durango issued a call for more young men of intelligence and progressiveness, between the ages of 18 and 31. A quota of 50 has been given to the Rocky Mountain recruiting district for enlistment in the navy during the month of June, with enlistment prior to July 1 necessary.”
50 years ago: “Fred Klatt is attending a three-day travel seminar in Chicago as a guest of Continental airlines. The airlines invited him as one of the better travel agents in the West.”
25 years ago: “Runoff in the Animas River is expected to reach its peak within the next week, but high water levels may not last much longer, leaving Southwest Colorado with drought-like conditions. ... The Animas River flow measured 4,260 cubic feet per second, the highest so far this year. Last year, peak flows registered at only 2,750 cfs.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
