100 years ago: The gasoline shortage was “again the trouble in Durango.” A tank car was expected to arrive in a few days time.
75 years ago: Private Reneiglo Garcia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Prospero Garcia of Durango, was transferred to Camp Crowden, Missouri, to work at the engineering department there.
50 years ago: Arson was suspected in a fire call to Santa Rita, which caused an estimated several thousand dollars damage to telephone company equipment. Three trucks and three volunteer firefighters arrived on scene to a lumber pile and coal shed up in flames, and a burned telephone cable, which shorted-out all lines of the Mountain States Telephone Co.
25 years ago: The first major snow of the season dropped more than a foot of snow on the slopes at Purgatory Resort. Opening day was set for Nov. 25.
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.
