100 years ago: Frank and Stem Edmisten had “a narrow escape from death or serious injury” when their car went off the road between Turkey Creek and West Fork Bridge, and “plunged 200 feet down the mountain side.” The car, “headed straight down the mountain,” remained upright until it “struck a log and somersaulted.” The two men found themselves “under the rear seats, flattened like pancakes but uninjured.”
75 years ago: The war production board removed restrictions “on the movement of war-vital tungsten ores,” most of which came from Rocky Mountain states. The ores were therefore allowed to be delivered to any producer, dealer or processor without specific authorization from the WPB.
50 years ago: Shock Studio, a photography business in Durango, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William Conrad after the former owners, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shock, were fatally injured in a two-vehicle collision.
25 years ago: Two animals in Durango were impounded for rabies tests during the same day. A black cat was impounded after it bit a child in a trailer park at 21134 U.S. Highway 160 and, later that day, a dog that bit a child in the 3000 block of County Road 222 had to be tranquilized and removed from the area.
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.
