100 years ago: “FORT LEWIS SCHOOL – The girls are rejoicing over the piano they now have in their dormitory.”
75 years ago: This appeared in the section called Upper Florida News: “Al Wallace and Cliff Farmer of the Animas Valley spent a couple of days looking for cattle on the river.”
50 years ago: “The Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad has been running a daily work train up the Animas Canyon this week to pick up scrap rail. Last week, work trains carried material for repair of the bridge at Elk Park.”
25 years ago: “The Durango High School football team lost a coin flip that gave Green Mountain the home field advantage in Class 3A quarterfinals. The game will be held at Jefferson County Stadium in Green Mountain.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
