100 years ago: “A canning demonstration will be held at the home of Mr. Miller on Wednesday. W.E. Valpon of the Boys and Girls Clubs will conduct a demonstration.”
50 YEARS AGO: “The poolside party at the Durango Club Friday night was a splash. The bathing beauty contest was won by Bob Beers in a bikini, with Joe Shober coming in second. John Morrissey won a prize for skin diving as the only contestant, and Frank Piccoli came in first in a race where the entrants had to swim across the pool with a spoon in their mouth carrying a hard boiled egg.”
25 YEARS AGO: “No milk, no glory in fair contest: At 6 p.m. today in the pavilion, a number of local ‘celebrities’ will use a variety of techniques in attempts to coax milk from a goat in the Celebrity Goat Milking Contest. Those who are not successful may employ a trick, such as the year J. Paul Brown stole milk from a nearby goat when his own goat would not produce.”
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and The Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
