100 years ago: Jim Quintana advertised that his wife of Mexican Flats had “done gone quit her meal ticket.”
75 years ago: Hubert Jennings, a former employee of Montgomery Ward in Durango, graduated from the fire control school at Great Lakes, Illinois. His leading standing in the class suggested he would probably be transferred to Washington, D.C., for an advanced course in “ship’s fire control.”
50 years ago: The 1968 city of Cortez budget for $680,000 was granted final approval without any opposition during a meeting with City Council officials.
25 years ago: Someone reported to the Durango Police Department that two 21-year-old women were driving a John Deere tractor around town at 2:15 a.m. Officers found no known violations from the report and replied, “It must be Deere season.”
Most items in this column are taken from Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
