100 years ago: “H.W. Akers, of Bayfield, while attending the Denver Stockshow, purchased 13 head of registered shorthorn and Hereford bulls, which he is offering for sale.”
75 years ago: An advertisement for Parsons Drug Co. read, “Mrs. Stovers Candies for your valentine. Come in and select a beautiful red heart fancy-wrapped box filled with Mrs. Stover’s fresh home fashioned candies. Priced from 25 cents to $6. We deliver.”
50 years ago: “A total of 5,822 persons, more than half the population of Durango, was registered at the Durango Public Library in 1964. 4,091 adults and 1,731 juveniles used the facilities. Mrs. Paul (Marion) Lundell, the dedicated librarian, points out that a portion of this registration comes from outside Durango as a good many Southwest Coloradans use the library.”
25 years ago: GRAND JUNCTION – “Club 20 elected a 35-year-old Durango businessman as a chairman. Jasper Welch, who owns Basin Reproduction, a printing company in Durango, replaces retired City Market president Joe Prinster as chairman of Club 20, which lobbies and promotes western Colorado.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
