100 years ago: “There isn’t a merchant in Durango but what looks to the press to boost the resources of this community.”
75 years ago: “Some unusually fine pictures of wild turkeys aflight and racing along on foot were recently taken by Charles J. Belse in the Devil Creek region between Bayfield and Pagosa.”
50 years ago: “County, state and federal offices will be closed Tuesday, Washington’s birthday, but the City Hall will remain open.”
25 years ago: “The Fort Lewis College men’s basketball team finished its regular season Tuesday night with a 92-67 loss to Adams State and now must wait to find out where it will play when the District VII playoffs begin on March 2.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
