100 years ago: C.V. Kinney and son, M.B. Kinney, were among the arrivals from the San Luis Valley en route to the Montezuma valley to visit relatives for a few months.
75 years ago: Colorado’s new state income tax collections were estimated to hit the $5 million mark for the year, as workers began to total the last-minute flood of more than 77,000 returns.
50 years ago: Members of the Cotterkeys Junior Leadership Club were scheduled to meet in the extension office at the Data Processing Institute.
25 years ago: A man reported to Durango Police Department that he was hearing distressed animal noises, which sounded like loud whimpers at Chapman Hill. Police responded and found two porcupines fighting each other.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.
