100 years ago: Jack Gilheany, Tom Olson and Phil Myers passed through Silverton, the former two having just journeyed “to Nevada town.” Gilheany and Olson met with Myers, “a millman,” and they all decided they had “had enough of the alkali flats” and then went home together.
75 years ago: A crew and bulldozer began to conduct grading and dirt work on the lower Piedra timber road, and additional equipment and men were soon to be put on the job.
50 years ago: More than 200 students and area residents gathered at Fort Lewis College for a memorial service held in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches were given by John F. Reed, FLC President; Paul Pixler, dean of the FLC faculty; and Robert Delaney, chairman of the FLC humanities department.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.
