100 years ago: “Five car loads of copper ore from the Allen-Fattor Sliver Lake lease shipped and was a good beginning for the week. Many others followed during the balance of the week. Forty car loads have been shipped thus far this month.”
75 years ago: “Fishing for suckers now is permissible in four streams in La Plata and Archulta counties.”
50 years ago: “A judgement asking for $9,722.05 has been filed in La Plata County District Court by Glenn Wood against the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Wood alleges that one of the railroad’s freight trains struck the three-quarter ton pickup truck he was driving at the Bondad crossing. ”
25 years ago: “Durango Police Department Detective Mike Weaver took second place in the Pistol Institute Alumni Shoot held in Prescott, Arizona. Some 60 competitors from all over the world took part in the annual competition.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
