100 years ago: “Construction work necessary for the installation of the flotation process at Smelter is being rapidly pushed. The process is a new one, developed by Lawrence Clapp, AS&R company, mining engineer, as is in the nature of an experiment.”
50 years ago: “On March 1, 1966, the U.S. Treasury received the two billionth dollar of National Forest receipts from the Forest Service, and the San Juan National Forest has been a steady contributor to the total national forest receipts. During the last four years, 1962 through 1965, total revenue from the San Juan forest totaled $750,926.”
25 years ago: “It may take seeds and water to watch the first-ever garden at Chapman Hill grow, but if it wasn’t for the 13 kids who planted it this weekend, it might have just remained a pile of rocks. The Durango program was spearheaded by Brian Kimmel.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
