100 years ago: “‘Shorty and the Aridville Terror’ – is the title of a two reel comedy picture shown at the Electric for the last time tonight. It deals with tooth pulling and just think how much you would enjoy pulling Schlabach’s teeth.”
75 years ago: “Bill Snider of the Maxwell-Davis Company enjoyed the weekend in bed with his own cold.”
50 years ago: “There is snow on the mountain passes and heavy clouds dumped a half inch of snow and 0.38 inch of moisture on Durango, the first moisture in more than six weeks.
25 years ago: “A tailings cleanup on Red Mountain Pass will not close U.S. Highway 550, a Colorado Health Department official said. ... The cleanup would remove copper and lead mill tailings from the Ironton park area.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
