100 years ago: “Mrs. Dennis Hilton and son came in from Ridge’s Basin, the latter laying in supplies for the sheep camp in the Needles. Mrs. Hilton made the return journey on horse back.”
75 years ago: “An unidentified Mexican wearing high-topped boots, owning an unnaturally snub-nose and filled with more than he could carry, was plucked off Main Avenue at 10 a.m. by Chief of Police Leo McCartney and deposited in the city jail.”
50 years ago: This appeared in the section called Dryside News: “The rain drove the last of the campers at the Faith Bible Camp home a day early. A group of seven local junior campers and two helpers arrived home late with wet bedding and clothing. Merril Strobel met the bus at Hesperus and delivered the campers.”
25 years ago: “After July’s huge fire at Mesa Verde National Park, there’s some good news and bad news. The bad news is that the fire is responsible for an 11 percent drop in visitor counts for July 1989 compared with July 1988. The good news is that the fire captured worldwide media attention and the vegetation that was charred during the blaze is making a recovery.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
