By Forrest Stone
Herald Staff Writer
100 years ago: D.H. Morgan was recently injured “while trying to prove that the Ford was an irresistible force and a telephone pole a movable object.”
75 years ago: Of the 83 draftees who went to Denver to pass Army examinations, 16 failed to fulfill requirements, according to Secretary John Craig of the draft board.
50 years ago: Electric primers and powder were improperly placed at the Great Eastern Mine near Silverton, and caused a premature dynamite blast that killed two miners.
25 years ago: Cowboys were blocking the road on Main Avenue “doing rope tricks again,” and were asked to “move along.”
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
