100 years ago: “Durango has its share of drains, dead-beats and knockers, but this city with its Durango Exchange can boast of the greatest organization of boosters of any town in the West, population considered. An organization that is getting returns on its efforts.”
75 years ago: “Pheasant hunters bound for the San Luis Valley and for the Montrose County swarmed out of Durango, and a reinforcing contingent is preparing to march tomorrow.”
50 years ago: “Mahlon T. White and his brother, William Jr., have an ambition they hope to fulfill some day. They are enthusiastic hunters, and especially wild sheep hunters. They would like to have a trophy of all four wild sheep native to North America: The Dall in Alaska, the Stone and the Bighorn in Canada (the Bighorn is also the type found around here); and the Desert sheep found in Mexico. They now have the Dall and the Bighorn and have been trying for eight years to get a permit to hunt the desert sheep.”
25 years ago: “Durango 9-R School District is negotiating with real estate developers to acquire seven-and-a-half acres for a new school to ease crowding at Needham Elementary School.” There were 670 students enrolled in Needham, which was built in 1952.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
