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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: Gordon Rowe, assistant football coach and wrestling coach for Durango High School, was named manager of the county swimming pool.

25 years ago: Vandalism was visible from a ridge above Hidden Valley on some Anasazi rock shelters.

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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