Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.
100 years ago: Durango man Frank Morgan, who suffered a burned foot days before when a steam pipe exploded at the smelter, was said to be in his home recovering from the injury.
75 years ago: New to Durango, Charles Raish purchased a home on West Third Avenue. He planned to transfer to the Cokedale Smelter sometime in June.
50 years ago: Mrs. Letha Ellen Bell announced the engagement of her daughter, Margaret Pauline, to Edward Sittner Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sittner of the Animas Valley.
25 years ago: A man reported to La Plata County Sheriff’s Office that he found a severed elk head in his front yard in the 2000 block of County Road 203.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.
