100 years ago: SILVERTON – “The Silverton National Bank closed its doors here. The only explanation given is the bank’s connection with the Mercantile National Bank of Pueblo, the parent institution, which closed its doors. The closing of the bank at first created considerable excitement among the depositors, which later subsided when it was announced that the institution might reopen for business tomorrow.”
75 years ago: “Work has begun on the new highway project just west of Durango on U.S. Highway 160. A few men started with the preliminary task of clearing out brush and trees along the right-of-way for the 1.6-mile project, which calls for almost complete new alignment.”
50 years ago: “Dist. Judge James M. Noland said his son James B. Noland is in the Chile earthquake area, and he hasn’t received any word of him. Judge Noland said he was trying through official sources to learn about the safety of his son, his son’s wife and their three children. The younger Noland is with the U.S. State Department in Chile.”
25 years ago: “The San Juan Basin Health Department is investigating six possible cases of measles in Durango that have infected four toddlers and two young adults, and more are expected soon. The last outbreak of measles in Durango was in 1988. That resulted in a quarantine at Fort Lewis College with 51 cases reported, 39 of which were from the college.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
