100 years ago: “These beautiful days are rapidly eating the snow from the lower mountains. The south foothills are all bare along the river banks. Because of the sudden thaw, the San Juan is a moving mass of red mud, the Pine River is nearly so and the Animas is rising too.”
75 years ago: “They are in the Army now, are Fred Klatt Jr. of Durango and James Barger of Mancos, both whom were enlisted through the local office by Recruiting Sergeant John Anderson.”
50 years ago: “The Durango Chamber of Commerce directors and the Durango Motel Association will hold a joint meeting at 7 tonight in the Crystal Room of the Strater Hotel.”
25 years ago: “The Durango boys swim team opened its season with a second-place finish at a triangular meet held Saturday in Towaoc.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
