100 years ago: “Ed Hendricks, of Riverside, drove into the busy city with a load of live pigs for the local market, all of which he disposed of to good advantage and tarried overnight to spend the returns for Christmas presents for the Riverside folks.”
75 years ago: “After they had collected dust in the county treasurers office for 43 years, tax certificates for 80 acres of land lying in the upper Florida country were dusted off by County Treasurer Tom Mason and sold to O.R. Girard. The certificates cover the years 1891-2-3-4 – the property being sold by the county in 1896 to cover delinquent taxes. At the time, the tile belonged to Thomas H. Spenser. Since then, no particular attention has been paid to the land, which has been used indiscriminately for grazing.”
50 years ago: “The new ice skating area just north of the Fort Lewis College campus will be open for the first night skating following the installations of lights at the site. The area is the old city reservoir located about 200 yards north of the college chapel and is open for public use.”
25 years ago: “The blanket of white on the lower half of Chapman Hill won’t go to waste this holiday. The city will open the hill for sledding and tubing.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
