100 years ago: “Miss Mary O’Rourke left for May Day spur where she is engaged in directing the youths of the section in their pursuit of knowledge. O’Rourke is one of the newly elected teachers who is to enter upon her duties in our town in the Fall. She is a graduate of the state university and has made a marked success in her chosen profession.”
75 years Ago: “A group of men meet with the objective to get sufficient water at the highest point in Greenmount to take care of irrigation requirements ... there is no better way for Durango to spend the taxpayers money than to do everything within reason for the City of the Dead, in the way of making and preserving Greenmount as a beauty spot.”
50 years ago: “The San Juan National Forest reported its 10th and 11th forest fires of the season, both of them man-caused. Both are listed as under control.”
25 years ago: An advertisement read: “Don’t let the BIG ONES get away!! Enter the sixth annual big trout of the week contest. Win a $30 gift certificate from the Outdoorsman. Sponsored by The Durango Herald and Outdoorsman.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
