100 years ago: “John Kellenberger, the wholesale liquor dealer, leaves for Trinidad, where he will endeavor to interest the strikers in the new grape smash instead of rifle cocktails.”
75 years ago: An advertisement for Erwin F. Burnett, optometrist, located in the Graden Building, read: “Mental Meanderings of Erwin Burnett. Hermosa District Animas Valley Attention. I have turned loose three wild hen turkeys and a gobbler in Hermosa Cannon back of our cabin. I request the cooperation of all neighbors in helping to protect them that we may get a nice wild turkey population in our cannon.”
50 years ago: “Pres. John F. Reed of Fort Lewis College has issued a special invitation to Durangoans and, in fact, all those interested in higher education in the San Juan Basin, to attend commencement exercises. ... A historic old bell, recent gift to the college from the William White family and the D&RGW railroad, will be rung to mark the official beginning of the commencement.”
25 years ago: “The answer, at least for now, is green. The city’s Design Review Board reconsidered the color of poles for historic streetlights and came up with the same answer: sage green. Board members described the color, which is now used on poles in the 500 block of Main Avenue as ‘subtly obscure’ and ‘a softer color.’”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
