100 years ago: “Mrs. James Conroy brought milk in for the local creamery. The creamery churned again, making between two and three hundred pounds of butter for the local trade.”
75 years ago: “Four PWA projects in Durango and this trade territory are underway and some nearing completion.” Projects in Durango included the Fort Lewis College faculty cottages and an addition at Smiley Junior High.
50 years ago: “If Durango residents have missed the large blue star that was mounted atop the new Science Wing on Colorado Heights, they may be interested to know that the campus security officer persuaded two young Durango women not to mount it atop their car and head down the hill with it. These versatile young women apparently had little difficultly getting the star into their possession despite the fact that it was situated atop one of the highest points of the academic building. They were of the impression that it was fair game since they claimed that they had found it on the side of the hill over the point opposite the president’s home.”
25 years ago: “Greyhound Lines Inc. wants to abandon rural Colorado bus routes, including three through Durango, because the routes don’t attract riders and collectively lose $38,000 annually, the Dallas-based carrier says.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
