100 years ago: “Durango seems to have its share of people who can’t pay their January bills, owing to their recent expense for Christmas gifts, and it happens to be the same bunch who couldn’t pay for their Christmas gifts, because they were saving money for January bills.”
75 years ago: “Jerry Dalla of Durango was a business visitor in Pagosa Springs, Sunday.”
50 years ago: “City councilmen Tuesday night authorized the Greeley engineering firm of Parker and Underwood to proceed with design of the three major phases of the proposed improvements to the city water system.”
25 years ago: “The Durango Lady Demons ran into two buzzsaws Friday and Saturday night, falling to Grand Junction by the score of 72-43 on Friday night and Fruita Monument 69-46 Saturday night.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
