100 years ago: Part of a conversation someone overheard at a show was printed in the Durango Evening Herald, and involved one person who told another, “When that corpse rose up out of that coffin and began shooting with a revolver in each hand, I just let myself go and the next I knew I was a block away and still going.”
75 years ago: State auditor Charles M. Armstrong discovered a shortage “in the records of the Las Animas County treasurer at Trinidad” of an estimated $50,000.
50 years ago: A selection team visited Fort Lewis College to find a senior or graduate student at the student union to become an Army officer candidate.
25 years ago: An employee at Durango Threadworks reported two “longhairs” playing guitar in front of the business and blocking foot-traffic on the sidewalk. The two were found innocent of blocking the sidewalk so they were allowed to stay.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
