100 years ago: “The Strater Hotel: leading hotel of Durango. All rooms are steam heated and all cleaning is done by vacuum.”
75 YEARS AGO: “Snow slides ran in the upper Vallecito River valley this spring, and most slides still stretch from hill to hill, except where the river has broken through.”
50 YEARS AGO: “Lightning struck the old log barn on the Sam DiFerdinando property, 2300 block on Main Avenue, and the structure went up in flames.”
25 YEARS AGO: “A $50,000 donation toward Durango High School’s new 3,000-seat football-soccer-track stadium was received Wednesday. The donation came from former Durango High School cheerleader Lonne (Hayes) Carr and her husband, Don, a California real estate developer.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and The Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
