100 years ago: “With 18 cars of ore in the Silverton yards to come down on the evening train and the probability of several cars being added to that number before leaving, the week’s ore shipments from the silver camp promise to eclipse this week any previous seven days of this season.”
75 years ago: “Two reels of sound pictures of navy activity one ‘Subs at Sea’ the other ‘Our First Line of Defense’ have been received by the local navy recruiting office and are available for any organizations or individuals who may wish to borrow them for showing.”
50 years ago: “Mahlon (Butch) White, vice president of the First National Bank, reports construction under way on the bank’s new time and temperature sign, and it should be up in the next 30 days. The large sign will hang from the corner of the bank building and will operate 24 hours a day, alternating flashing the time and temperature.”
25 years ago: “No one was injured when a small private airplane came down without its landing gear deployed at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. The plane, owned and piloted by Jack Heath of Durango, sustained damage to its prop when its wheels failed to release during the landing. ... The plane is a small, single-engine 1953 Mooney Mite, Heath said. The prop is made of wood, and Heath said it may take him a few months to have it repaired.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
