100 years ago: Louis Herman of Boulder, “grand patriarch of the I.O.O.F. lodge of Colorado,” departed for Alamosa to deliver an important address to the community.
75 years ago: The highway between Shiprock and Farmington underwent improvements. The worst places were torn up and a new oil mat was laid out.
50 years ago: Capt. John Hitti of Durango, a 29-year-old company commander of the U.S. Army’s First Air Cavalry Division, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest military honor offered in the United States.
25 years ago: Someone reported a juvenile who brandished a gun and sped off in a beige 1979 El Camino.
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.
