By Forrest Stone
Herald Staff Writer
100 years ago: Harry Baugh, a traveling representative for Wyatt Hardware Co., visited Durango to solicit orders for munitions and heavy artillery. He was seen “smoking a seegar” and wearing “a real gold watch chain.”
75 years ago: John Craig, secretary of the local draft board, announced that “all boys from age 18” could be registered for military service.
50 years ago: Law enforcement officers arrested and jailed a man from Towaoc who drove his car into four other vehicles that were parked at Denny and Jones Motor Co. in Cortez.
25 years ago: Someone broke into a vending machine, broke two door locks and a window and stole a firearm scope and microphone at Durango Gun Club.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
