100 years ago: The following appeared in the section titled Fort Lewis Notes: “Eight of the Fort Lewis people now have mumps, but it is probable that all will be well before the 10th.”
75 years ago: “Inexperience of Raymond Baxter and neglect on the part of the mine operator brought about Baxter’s death, a coroner’s jury reported Baxter was killed instantly when a mass of coal fell on him as he was working in a Hay Gulch coal mine owned by William Hunt.”
50 years ago: “The Columbus bridge across the Pine River on the route to Vallecito Reservoir will be beefed up, La Plata County commissioners decided. Steel from the old U.S. (Highway) 550 bridge at Bondad will be used to make the new structure capable of handling any traffic which it may be subjected to.”
25 years ago: “The Southern Utes recalled their tribal chairman and four of the council members by one vote. A total of 366 votes were cast in the recall election in Ignacio – 183 ‘yes’ votes, 182 votes against recall, and one ballot was declared invalid.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
