100 years ago: “Superintendent Tom Hamor of the Durango fish hatchery took out 150,000 fry for Moler Lake, Gladstone Lake, Pole Creek, East Lime Creek and Bear Creek, all of which are public grounds. Owing to the fact that he is short of cans in which to ship out the fry, Hamor has delayed his shipments of fry to the Rico district.”
75 years ago: “One 1939 model automobile is for sale cheap if anyone wants to go after it where it lays – 1,500 feet down into the bottom of Lime Creek Canyon. A Window Rock, Arizona, man hurriedly abandoned his car 33.7 miles north of Durango when he told investigating officers, his lights went out and he thought the car was going over the embankment. It did.”
50 years ago: “Cattle, sheep, horses and mules – to say nothing of goats and bees – play their part in the $43,017,505 assessed valuation of La Plata County, according to figures released by county commissioners. Cattle have been assessed at $760,860; sheep, $70,355; horses and mules, $74,870. Bee stands are more valuable to the county than goats – they were assessed at $8,820 while there were only enough goats for a $725 assessment. Poultry was assessed at $6,790 and swine at $2,830.”
25 years ago: The Gaslight Twin, 102 Fifth St., was showing “Flatliners” starring Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts. The billing read: “Some lines shouldn’t be crossed.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Animas Museum and Center of Southwest Studies. Their accuracy may not be verified.
