50 YEARS AGO: “An unknown driver died in a flaming car crash south of Cahone on Highway 160. Cortez Police Chief Wayne Martin assisted the state patrol by taking a fingerprint which is being submitted to Washington in order to determine positive identification of the body. The vehicle was a 1966 sports car.”
25 YEARS AGO: “La Paloma subdivision, located off Highway 160 on County Road 233, has recently been completed.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and The Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
