100 years ago: “St. Columba’s Church has had the best year financially in its history. The debt has been reduced from $6,000 in October to $3,000 in January and when all subscriptions signed for by the parishioners are paid in full it is estimated the debt will be reduced to $1,300. The situation speaks well for Durango’s prosperity.”
75 years ago: “Mrs. A. Rowell left on the Motor Way bus for her home after having spent a week here while having some dental work done.”
50 years ago: “Four kids, from about 12 years old on down, made a wonderful find – a paper cupful of dynamite caps, five sticks of dynamite and dynamite fuse. An adult reported their find. The Undersheriff Lynn Brown took the highly explosive articles from the children and disposed of them. The youngsters found the explosives in a shack back of the Lutheran church on Junction road.”
25 years ago: “Television producer Alan Gough suddenly sank thigh-deep into a snowbank. ‘I don’t know how they did it,’ he said, struggling to gain his balance. Gough was talking about the survivors of Flight 2286, the plane that crashed near Durango in January 1988 and the subject of a segment in a television pilot. The program is called ‘The Survivors,’ Gough and his Glen Warren Productions crew from Toronto were in Durango to conduct interviews and film a simulation of the crash victims’ trek to safety.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
