100 years ago: “Mrs. Olga Little, of Animas City, is down for 10 days from Mayday and is making almost daily trips with 15 pack animals from here to the Durango Girl Mine on Junction Creek, where a party of leasers are actively at work. Mrs. Little is carrying out the summer’s supplies.”
75 years ago: “Bob Ayers, local weatherman, received a visit from the district inspector the latter part of last week when he left, the inspector left a slightly startled local weatherman. In the event of war, he assured Bob, the weather observers will be among the very fist persons mobilized for army, weather data is an absolute necessity.”
50 years ago: “For the fourth time in the last year an attempt has been made to kill the fish in the city hall fish pond, but for the first time most of the fish were rescued before detergent could take its toll. ... Over a dozen trout, donated by the Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department, were placed in the small pond June 2 and six days later they were gone, some of them killed and the others rescued and returned to the fish hatchery.”
25 years ago: “Hauled away and sold from Durango’s recycling program so far: Four 20-ton loads of newspaper; 20 tons of glass; and 10 tons of aluminum.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
