100 years ago: “Yesterdays rain came in from the southwest without much in way of preliminary – several mamas and babes were caught out, but there was an abundance of shelter, and many who live off the car line went home in carriages and other vehicles – and all agreed that we needed the rain.”
75 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Corle after spending a couple of days in Durango left by auto for New York, where they will embark for a trip of several months duration in Europe. Mrs. Corle will be remembered by Durangoites as Helen Freeman, daughter of the late B.N. Freeman, one-time prominent banker. Helen has been a cinema star for a number of years and has just finished a picture soon to be released ‘Safety in Numbers.’”
50 years ago: “Durango’s 95 degree temperature was the hottest since Aug. 3, 1960, when the mercury hit 96 degrees.
25 years ago: “U.S. Rep. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, D-Colo, is among those being considered for Secretary of the Interior in a Michael Dukakis cabinet.”.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not have been verified.
