100 years ago: “City Commissioner Wilson dug up a clause in one of the city contracts that looks like ready money to the city council. He found that the city was now operating 92 electric lights, costing $460 a month, or $5,520 a year, and that the city could reduce the expense by putting in nine more lights.”
75 years ago: “Because Thursday (the 23rd) has been proclaimed by President Roosevelt as Thanksgiving day, both the 23rd and the 30th (proclaimed Thanksgiving day by Governor Carr) will be observed by state and federal offices and banks.”
50 years ago: “The cow jumped over the fence and disappeared. Joe L. Gallegos, 18, of Ignacio was driving north on Colorado 172 one-half mile east of Oxford when the cow got in the road. Gallegos was blinded by oncoming headlights and didn’t see the animal. When he did see her, he applied his brakes, skidded 50 feet, hit the cow and skidded 45 more feet. The cow got up, jumped the fence and disappeared.”
25 years ago: “Durango Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola Company have teamed up to sponsor the 1990 first World Mountain Bike Championships, which will be hosted in Durango Sept. 11 through 16.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
