100 years ago: Rex M. Shultz, cashier at an Ignacio bank, announced bank resources were $34,000 with a total of $70,000 in deposits, which was “a good showing.” The bank was referred to as “one of the niftiest banks in this section.”
75 years ago: The Knickerbocker twins of Bayfield, who were living in Colorado Springs at the time, left for Denver to enlist in the Navy.
50 Years Ago: Mrs. Lloyd Porter of Durango won the First Pearl award, the highest honor offered by the Epsilon Sigma Alpha International sorority.
25 years ago: The La Plata Board of County Commissioners met to discuss several proposed projects to develop areas on the outskirts of the city limits. One area referenced was the east corridor of 32nd Street.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
