100 years ago: Several officers were elected to serve various terms at a La Plata Circle No. 190, W. of W., meeting.
75 years ago: Louis Larson of Silverton was admitted to Mercy Hospital after he broke bones in both feet while working at Pride of the West mine.
50 years ago: Someone pulled a Halloween prank on Mike Myers, a 19-year-old Fort Lewis College student, and stuffed his car full of Durango Herald newspapers sometime during the night of Oct. 30.
25 years ago: Someone reported to Durango Police Department that people were throwing pumpkins into the street at Ninth Street and East Third Avenue.
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.
