100 years ago: “C.H. Hutchins, of San Francisco, who registered at the Southern Hotel, came down in the morning from Silverton, where he picked up the slot machines he has been operating there. He is picking them all up and taking them in, declaring that the business has fallen off so it does not pay to travel around and keep his chain of machines up. He is taking several from here.”
75 years ago: “Two of the five men arrested recently by state game officials in connection with a drive against illegal beaver pelt traffic pleaded guilty.”
50 years ago: “There is a picture of Sherri Boyer in Wednesday’s Denver Post telling of her appearance in Denver at the National Western Stock Show and the Stockman’s ball as the reigning Miss Rodeo Colorado.”
25 years ago: “The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office will host commencement exercises for 80 elementary students who completed the 17-week Drug Abuse Assistance Education program.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
