100 years ago: “Jim Lewis of Beaver Creek, was in town to look after a matter that needed looking after.”
75 years ago: “Durango High School will graduate 128 seniors at commencement exercises. This is the largest class ever to be graduated from the local high school.”
50 years ago: “The picket has been removed from the remodeling projects in Rio Grande-land. The D&RG itself is completing the work.” The union carpenters were on strike.
25 years ago: “A developer whose project was denied by the La Plata County Planning Commission will attempt to prove that planning rules were misinterpreted. In his appeal, Howard Hicks will ask the county commissioners to approve his plan to build condominium sites for 80 recreational vehicles on a 9-acre apple orchard in Hermosa. Stagecoach Resort would be adjacent to the only zoned neighborhood in the county.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
