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Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.

50 years ago: City work crews were picking up trash piled on the curbs within city limits during spring cleanup.

25 years ago: Someone was throwing eggs at cars in the west 200 block of 25th Street.

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.



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