100 years ago: An advertisement read: “Gasoline – in quantities from one gallon up, 24 cents per gallon. Jarvis Garage.”
75 years ago: “Members of the Reservoir Hill CCC camp above Durango were praised by La Plata County officials for their fine cooperative work in fighting several forest fires in the county and helping to prevent others.”
50 years ago: “David Gallison, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gallison, got the thrill of his young life as a fisherman when he pulled a 17½ inch rainbow trout out of the Huck Finn fish pond.”
25 years ago: “The Animas Museum will get a face-lift this summer, thanks to a Colorado Initiatives grant and help from the Fort Lewis College Office of Community Services. The museum will receive a $5,000 Colorado initiatives grant to improve the museum grounds and building.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
