100 years ago: With the purpose of filing on Durango land, locals watched “a score or more” of cowboys ride into town, surprised to see their tattered clothes and “wiry ponies” resembled anything but the romanticized picturesque western appearance. For it was not luck, but grit and industry, that afforded them prosperity.
75 years ago: Community members repeatedly sold and resold seven chickens to one another, raising the value of each fowl to supply money for the war relief fund. The chickens collectively amounted to $67.75 after being resold several times.
50 Years Ago: 1,175 students enrolled for the winter trimester at Fort Lewis College. Students could sign up for a new class, History of the Northwest, to be taught in Room 119.
25 years ago: The Durango Crime Stoppers was offering rewards for crimes that included “the pouring of sand into the transmission of a bulldozer” and “ the forced entry into the Tribal Affairs Building in Ignacio.” Several items were reported stolen from the Tribal Affairs Building the following day.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
