100 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berri and Mr. and Mrs. D.R. McKinney will leave for Electra Lake in the latter’s car to spend the Fourth fishing and picnicking.”
75 years ago: “J. R. Cheney division engineer for the state highway department announced that work would begin on July 5 on the $100,000 highway project north of Durango. In the initial stages, probably a dozen men will be employed on the project, which will realign about 5 miles of U.S. Highway 550 from Rockwood north to the Electra Lake turnoff road.”
50 years ago: This appeared in the section called Dryside News: “With the beans planted and the wheat not ready for harvest, the fishing ‘bug’ has been to many of our local people.”
25 years ago: IGNACIO – “Police were combing the underbrush south of here for a lone gunman who robbed the Untied Bank of Ignacio, grabbed an elderly hostage and fired shots at pursuing lawmen. The robber, described as armed with a large-barrel handgun, was spotted in the brush along the Los Pinos River about three miles north of the New Mexico line.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
