100 years ago: “Charley Heathers, of the La Platas, spent the day in the city on a business- and supply-buying trip filling up at least one cash register with the good rural dinero.”
75 years ago: “Though all outside work has been completed and the electricity has been hooked up at the golf shack on Reservoir Hill, the official grand opening will not take place this weekend. Complete furnishings are still lacking.”
50 years ago: “Officials of Durango Ski Corporation announced they have awarded contracts on the initial phase of construction at the new Purgatory Ski Area north of Durango. ... Construction of the lodge will begin later this week.”
25 years ago: “The last ounce of uranium mill tailings from Smelter Mountain was put into containment, and officials expect to be completed with the cell covering on schedule in November.” M-K Ferguson Co. was hired for the four-year, $26 million project to remove the tailings from Smelter and relocate them at a site in Bodo Canyon.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
