100 years ago: “L. E. Jenkins of Bayfield, was an arrival in the city on the Eastern train. He says the roads are too nice just now to be disturbed by automobiles or wagons. He started last Saturday to come over in a buggy and pulled it apart on the way. So the Rio Grande got his money.”
75 years ago: “Acting in accordance with a specification made by congress when the recent WPA appropriation bill was passed, a rigid search for aliens on WPA work relief rolls is being conducted over the nation and in La Plata County.”
50 years ago: An advertisement for First National Bank read, “‘I don’t have to park and run in!’ with the convenient drive-up banking window.”
25 years ago: “Four companies have submitted proposals to lease or buy La Plata Community Hospital. Making bids to take over operations of the 55-bed tax-supported hospital are Mercy Medical Center; Brim & Associates Inc. of Portland, Ore.; Hospital Resources Inc., of Englewood, Colo.; and Community Health Systems of Tennessee.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
