Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.
75 years ago: The Durango theater announced show times for the John Wayne film “The Shepherd of the Hills.”
50 years ago: Carriers for The Durango Herald returned from “their annual out-of-town trip that they all look forward to.”
25 years ago: After bracing themselves for floods in Durango from spring runoff, research showed the year’s snowpack to be “drops in the historical bucket.”
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.
