100 years ago: “J. W. Ralston brought up a car of splendid fat hogs from the Cedar Hill country on the Farmington train, intending to take them up to Silverton for consumption there.”
75 years ago: “Drilling operations at the Bondad test well came to a halt when a tremendous gas gusher was brought in. The drill released the gas which came up with a roar, throwing rocks to the top of the derrick.”
50 years ago: “Traffic accidents in the city have declined considerably since Oct. 21 when police personnel began checking speeders with radar equipment. ... Some 50 traffic tickets have been written by the radar crew and the use of radar to curb speeding has, in general, been working out very well.”
25 years ago: “The scenic ‘loop drive’ is a road without a name, and national forest officials need your help. If your name and logo are selected, you’ll win prizes galore. The road – connecting Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, Dolores, Cortez and Mancos – was designated a National Scenic Byway.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
