100 years ago: “The delivery horse and wagon of the San Juan Creamery were the principals in the runaway on Main Avenue that scattered ice cream freezers all around the corner of Main and 12th Street. The horse ran into the vacant lot just north of 12th and badly wrecked the wagon.”
75 years ago: “The air above and around Durango seemed to be alive with planes as five fliers at the municipal airport kept the three planes up there busy. Folks who like their morning naps apparently might as well prepare to adjust themselves to the sunrise serenade which Spring (sic) seems to have brought.”
50 years ago: SILVERTON – “Stanley Baldwin of Montrose, who has leased the Molas Lake Park from the town of Silverton for 30 years, filed for bankruptcy April 20, eight days after appearing in Silverton asking for an amendment to the lease. The Silverton Town Council conducted an emergency meeting and agreed to seek the opinion of Dist. Atty. (sic) Al Haas on the possibility of breaking the lease. The Molas Lake park was given to Silverton by the federal government in 1929 with the stipulation it be used as a public park.”
25 years ago: “For nearly three decades, La Plata Community Hospital has been a full-service facility, but now that it is $1 million in debt, the future for the hospital and its $260,000-a-month payroll doesn’t look promising. Shrinking bond funds, decreasing income, escalating expenses and skyrocketing bills have plagued LPCH for years, but it has been hit particularly hard during the last three months.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
