100 years ago: “Four hundred membership folders were sent out by the Durango Exchange yesterday to persons in this city and the surrounding country.”
75 years ago: “Charles Thomas, architect of Colorado Springs who designed the senior and the junior high schools in Durango, is in Durango this week checking over the school buildings for insurance evaluation.”
50 years ago: “La Plata Fire Volunteers have bought a 1963 International truck and have increased the group’s membership by six volunteer firemen, Chief Clarence Rieke has announced.”
25 years ago: “The Durango city clerk needs a few good men and women to work as poll judges during the general municipal election April 2.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
