By Forrest Stone
Herald Staff Writer
100 years ago: Sergeant E. Birch, with a military record dating back 20 years, was in Durango “to take charge of the local Army recruiting office.”
75 years ago: In response to the canning of fruits, “sugar rationing regulations” gave “American housewives every opportunity to conserve fresh fruit wherever and whenever available.”
50 years ago: Stockholders of San Juan Development Co. authorized a loan to construct a ski jump that compared “favorably with the well-known one at Steamboat Springs.”
25 years ago: An old man with glasses, gray hair and tan pants was reported as “a pervert” in Animas City Park.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
