100 years ago: According to the county clerk’s records, March had been “a bum month for Cupid.” A woman’s explanation was “it’s due to the H.C. of I” and “a mean man” said it was “due to the fact his sex is getting wise.”
75 years ago: Charles Stilwell of Burns National Bank received a request from Edgar Levy to locate one of the two varieties of “slugs” issued by the old Durango Railway and Realty company.
50 years ago: Kim Moore won “top honors” in the girls’ division of an Easter egg decoration contest, and her brother, Galen, won second place in the boys’ division.
25 years ago: A $4,000 diamond tennis bracelet was left at Durango Sports Club and put in lost-and-found. It was missing by the time the owner called about it.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
