100 years ago: “The payment on bounties for predatory animals have dropped off considerably in the last month. Only two men cashed in on the hides at the county treasurer’s office in the last two weeks.”
75 years ago: “Travelers coming in over the Silverton-Durango highway say that the journey is becoming something of an adventure. Chief hazard is a mud hole near Cascade, a mud hole that some motorists who have attempted to plumb its depth say is bottomless.”
50 years ago: “The present Santa Rita water system, consisting mainly of shallow wells and streams, does not provide safe drinking water, Robert Balliger, Basin Health Unit sanitarian, has told the Santa Rita Community Association.”
25 years ago: “It may be the warming weather, stabilized fuel prices, sufficient snowpack or the end of the Gulf War, but local merchants and hoteliers are bracing for an onslaught of summer tourists.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
