100 years ago: Roy Cottrell replaced Lee Klinefelter as “instructor in shop work and mathematics at the Fort Lewis agricultural school” after Klinefelter took a Navy job as an aerial draftsman.
75 years ago: A brief entry in The Durango News
said, “Durango boasts the finest year-round climate of any city in the state.”
50 years ago: Mesa Verde National Park announced record-breaking attendance for March 1967 because of clear weather and an early Easter. The park recorded 7,222 visitors, which was close to an 88-percent increase compared to the 3,849 people who visited in March the previous year.
25 years ago: J. Paul Brown became the sole candidate for La Plata County commissioner in District 3 after Bill Westendorff, who ran against Brown in 1988, announced his decision to opt out of the election.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
