100 years ago: “In the hardest fought battle they have had this season, the Durango High School basketball team defeated the fast Silverton team at the high school gym with a final score of 13 to 8. It was the first real contest the local boys have been up against.”
75 years ago: “Under the supervision of Jim Justinson the road into Electra Lake has been opened. Members can now visit their cabins over the weekends.”
50 years ago: “Debbie Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson of the Florida Mesa, is a pretty little girl – about three feet tall – and with blonde curls. She celebrates her first birthday Saturday. Debbie has been on this earth for four years. But she had the great bad fortune – or good fortune, depending on how you look at it – to be born on Feb. 29. Her birthday is to be a gala occasion in the Thompson household.”
25 years ago: “Durango’s Mike Elliot won the 40-49 age group for the 30k and 15k cross-country ski races of the National Masters Championships at Telemark, Wis. He won the 30k classical race in 1 hour, 38 minutes, 28 seconds, and his time in the 15k was 42:15.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
