100 years Ago: “Bodnar & Co. have finished their contract with the city of laying the concrete crosswalks. The work done has made a vast improvement in the appearance of the city’s streets and has aided to the convenience and comfort of the citizens.”
75 years ago: “A crowd estimated between 700 and 1,000 people attended the Durango air show at the local airport. ... The stunting was particularly interesting and held the attention of the crowd. Loops, spins, Immelmann turns, dead-stick flying and many other tricks of the air were demonstrated.”
50 years ago: Ouray – “The Camp Bird’s Imogene Basin properties, which made Tom Walsh a millionaire around the turn of the century and bought the famed but ill-starred Hope diamond for his daughter, Evalyn Walsh McLean, is back in American ownership for the first time since about 1902. Purchase of the property, including a 600-ton mill completed in 1960, along with more than 300 mining claims and leases on several adjacent groups of claims, by a Salt Lake City group headed by Floyd B. Odlum, was announced.”
25 years ago: “Indian leaders from southwest Colorado have accused U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., who has stalled Indian water rights legislation in the Senate, of being uninformed and acting as a self-appointed promoter of Indian interests. Bradley has put a hold on legislation needed to pave the way for the Animas-La Plata water project in southwest Colorado. The House last week overwhelmingly approved the water project.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
