100 years ago: “The Frisco Tunnel Company is working a force of 40 men on property this winter doing nothing but development work on account of the mill being closed for the winter owing to shortage of water.”
75 years ago: “An advertisement for Fishback Studio read, “School children parents attention! We are now offering the greatest bargain in school photos that we have ever been able to offer in Durango.”
50 years ago: “Red Mountain was closed three or four times while slides were shot.”
25 years ago: “Attendance is down at Purgatory Ski Area compared with the same period a year ago. But Purgatory will stay open, and the area is pleased with the way things are going despite the lack of natural snow.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
