100 years ago: “Jim Laughrin was in from Falfa and predicts an early spring, says the rabbits are quitting their holes, snakes thawing out, magpies sucking eggs and hookworms nesting in his overalls, and Jim is a weather clairvoyant, a prognosticator from way back.”
75 years ago: “Member of the Durango Rotary Club will see and hear a Thompson sub-machine gun actually fired in the Gold Room of the Strater Hotel. A large glass window containing a number of separate panes will be used for a target, all of which will be broken by the bursts of bullets from the machine gun loaded with bird shot.”
50 years ago: “The number of births in the city of Durango in 1963 – 573 –was a drop of 57 from the 630 recorded in 1962.”
25 years ago: “A slow-moving storm blanketed Durango in 6 inches of wet, heavy snow, and forecasters think there’s a good chance of more snow this weekend.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
