100 years ago: “Will Wigglesworth, of the engineering firm of Wigglesworth & Skoog, spent yesterday at Cedar Hill fixing up Charley Johnson’s siphon.”
75 years ago: An advertisement read: “Durango’s some place to go – Trimble Springs. Dine, dance, swim. This week floor-show The Modernettes. Oh boy! Can they dance!”
50 years ago: “La Plata County Cowbelles will be giving a lot of beef for Father’s Day this year. They’ll continue their practice of many years and give a beef roast to the first baby born on Father’s Day. The beef will match the baby’s weight pound for pound. In addition they will sponsor the give-away of two beef roasts at each of four markets.”
25 years ago: “Fireworks – $5,000 worth – have been ordered for Durango’s Independence Day display, according to the project’s fundraiser. Restaurant owner Chuck Norton ordered the custom fireworks on deadline from a Salt Lake City company. Volunteers from the American Legion will shoot the hour-long display from the Fort Lewis College rim at the top of Chapman Hill on July 4.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
