100 years ago: Colonel C.C. Ednected of the exemption board in Durango reported that registered men were “returning their questionnaires properly filled out very rapidly.”
75 years ago: Mrs. Ruth Stout and her 9-year-old daughter, Beth, of Denver arrived in Durango to make a home. Mrs. Stout had previously worked for the U.S. Reclamation Bureau and was transferred to the Forest Department as assistant clerk stenographer.
50 years ago: La Plata County Commissioners called a meeting to discuss county road and snow removal problems, following a winter storm that dropped 32 inches of snow on Durango, put a truck plow out of commission and broke two snowplow blades.
25 years ago: Durango Police Department received a noise complaint from a resident that a loud band was playing late at night at East 32nd Street and Main Avenue.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.
