100 years ago: Miss Mabel Skoog departed Durango for her brother’s ranch in Montezuma County, where she planned to “cook for the boys.”
75 years ago: Fred Espin, a “transient” and “town drunk”, was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail after being charged with unlawfully soliciting money and habitual drunkenness.
50 years ago: The Southern Ute Community Action Program announced the U.S. Department of Labor approved the proposed Neighborhood Youth Corps program for 25 young people who had recently left school.
25 years ago: Someone reported a man doing push ups in the middle of the road near the intersection of East Sixth Avenue and 32nd Street. Police said he agreed to find a more appropriate spot next time.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
