100 years ago: “William P. Vaile, vice-president of the First National Bank, after an illness of several weeks which has kept him confined closely home left in charge of his housekeeper and his nurse for San Francisco, Calif., where he will enter a sanatorium. The change of climate and altitude is expected to benefit the patient.”
75 years ago: “A home bakery; specializing in Italian breads, has been opened by Albert Fratassini at Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue.”
50 years go: “A ski patch insignia has been designed for Purgatory by Ken Adams local commercial artist. It looks like three upside down mountains, two red with a white one in the middle, and a white snowflake on the left hand one. The word Purgatory is at the top in red.”
25 years ago: “Saying he was sympathetic to the neighborhood’s desire to control its destiny, Durango City Councilman Bob Dolphin nonetheless cast a tie-breaking vote approving an apartment project opposed by neighbors. Dolphin’s vote granting conditional-use approval to the Bar H/Eighth Avenue Apartments, a 12-unit project at 343 Eighth Ave.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
