100 years ago: “The ticket office at the depot was besieged with anxious inquiries following the receipt here of the report of the wreck near Allison. Many persons who had friends and relatives on the train were fearful that they might have been injured or killed.”
75 years ago: “On Sunday, the Kiva theatre presents ‘Swanee River’ for its only showing in Durango, 20th Century Fox’s story of Stephen C. Foster, the great American troubadour, filmed in Technicolor.”
50 years ago: “Dates were set for the first annual ‘Southwest Days’ on the Fort Lewis campus under the sponsorship of the Center for Southwest Studies. During the ‘Southwest Days’ the Center’s visiting committee, made up of a number of nationally known experts in various facets of southwest life, will meet on the campus.”
25 years ago: “Ignacio is preparing to celebrate the sixth annual Pine River Valley Cabin Fever Fest Friday and Saturday. Proceeds from several events will benefit the Ignacio Community Library.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
