By Sarah Silvernail
Herald Staff Writer
100 years ago: “Yesterday we landed a 50-cent express package in Hesperus for 15 cents. This parcel post is a great, grand exterminator of railroad robbery and merits the patronage of all whose shipments do not exceed 20 pounds.”
75 years ago: An advertisement read, “It’s always cool. The Silver Dollar. Durango’s only exclusive draft beer dispensary. Fine wines and sandwiches. Uncle Sam’s P.O. next door. 1040 Main Ave.”
50 years ago: “Shooting for enrollment of 900 students or better for the fall trimester, registration is underway on the Fort Lewis College campus.”
25 years ago: “A woman whose house on Florida Road cracked apart when road construction caused the ground beneath it to slough is $75,000 richer and one house poorer after settling a lawsuit with La Plata County. In the settlement, the county purchased the woman’s 1,800-square-foot house and two acres 2½ miles east of Durango. In return, the woman agreed to move immediately, and she released the county from all future damage claims.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
