100 years ago: “Joe Freed was down from his Trimble Springs hotel and reports the roads passable by automobile. He came in to get an engineer’s license and avoid being pinched by the new undersheriff for running trains without a permit.”
75 years ago: “Durango High School’s a capella chorus of 50 voices under the direction of Albert C. Ruland, will present the operetta, ‘Riding Down the Sky.’”
50 years ago: “Ignacio’s Bobcats boys basketball continued their undefeated string of victories through the district B league tournament, defeating the Mancos Bluejays 54-38.”
25 years ago: “For the first time since the VanDal landfill controversy came to a head last year, city, county and VanDal officials sat down in the same room and worked toward a compromise that may keep the landfill open.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
