100 years ago: An advertisement for San Juan Creamery Co. read: “Ice cream. Bulk any flavor, 35 cents per quart; $1.25 per gallon. Bricks – combination of any flavors or colors – also special fancy molds – 40 cents per quart, $1.50 per gallon. Deliveries made everyday. We make one delivery every Sunday morning well packed to keep all day. Small bricks and bulk sold right at the creamery for 20 cents (not delivered).”
75 years ago: “Albert Nunn, 95 – said to be the last San Juan Basin veteran of the Civil War – died at his home in Cortez. ... At the age of 18, Nunn enlisted as a volunteer in the Civil War in 1862. For a time he served as a scout, escorting the stagecoach from Sand Springs, Missouri, to Springfield, Missouri. Later he was more actively engaged in the war. He fought in the battles of Pea Ridge and Wilson Creek.”
50 years ago: MESA VERDE – “Bad weather probably caused the decline in April visitors at Mesa Verde National Park. In April of 1964 there were 7,200 visitors, This year during April there were only 6,200 visitors.”
25 years ago: “Clouds ringed the Mancos Valley as Gov. Roy Romer erected the first columbine sign dedicating the new San Juan Skyway.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
