100 years ago: “The Tomboy Smuggler, Silver Lake” represented the ore shipments received at the smelter, which were smaller than usual.
75 years ago: The Reconstruction Finance Corporation offered a $65,000 loan to the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, considered vital to the continuation of mining in the San Juan basin.
50 Years Ago: The Animas Valley Ag 4-H club held a meeting to induct officers Leroy Goodwin, Jim Bryce, Rusty Kroeger and Kevin Goodwin as president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, respectively.
25 years ago: A man standing near 32nd Street and Main Avenue was reported to be throwing snowballs at passing cars. Police asked him to stop.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
