100 years ago: Lt. Gus Adrianson was home in Durango on “a short furlough,” which was used to greet friends and receive congratulations for winning a commission in the Army.
75 years ago: Sugar for home canning of 1943 fruit crops would “be available to housewives on approximately the same basis as last season.”
50 years ago: It was announced that Nancy Elliott would succeed R. William Conrad as the managing editor of The Durango Herald on May 17, 1968.
25 years ago: Durango Police officers cited former City Council candidate Suzanne Dernoga for displaying posters in prohibited areas at Seventh Street and East Second Avenue.
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.
