Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.
100 years ago: Henry Berri, “the well-known local insurance man,” was reported to be confined to his bed at home, “threatened with an attack of pneumonia.”
75 years ago: People celebrated the opening day of fishing on the Lower Piedra and reported it as “being very good, especially for suckers and whitefish.”
50 years ago: The State Board of Health held a meeting in Colorado Springs to discuss the stabilization of the old VCA tailings pile in Durango.
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.
