By Forrest Stone
Herald Staff Writer
100 years ago: It was predicted that “an awful gang of Durangoites” planned to join the Fourth of July festivities at Mancos.
75 years ago: Durango News city editor C.R. “Frizz” Gordon resigned from his position and departed for Fort Logan to begin service in the U.S. Army.
50 years ago: The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare approved a $14,220 grant for “Robin Rogers school for retarded children” to construct a new facility.
25 years ago: Two horses, an appaloosa and a bay, were shot in the 1500 block of County Road 135. The appaloosa sustained a gunshot to its hind quarters and the bay was shot in the throat and killed.
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.
