By Forrest Stone

Herald Staff Writer

100 years ago: Dick Gaines from “up the valley” was in Durango with “a hungry eye” looking at “grocery stocks.”

75 years ago: City of Durango Manager Major O.W. Harrah, veteran of “the last war,” was called to Army duty and left Durango for Fitzsimmons Hospital in Denver for a final physical examination.

50 years ago: In La Plata County court, three juveniles who burgled Gardenswartz Sporting Goods were denied probation and sentenced to 10 years in the state reformatory at Buena Vista by Judge James M. Noland.

25 years ago: Someone reported a man who was trying to kill a goat by “hanging it and cutting its throat” in the 2000 block of Forest Avenue. Officers arrived on scene and talked to the man, who said the goats were raised for food. He promised to notify his neighbors next time so they could put their kids inside.

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.