100 years ago: “William Shea, proprietor of the Trimble Springs Motel, recently purchased the Ernest Campbell ranch in the Animas Valley.”
75 years ago: “Ross Barry, whose application for enlistment was accepted at the local Navy recruiting office, left for Denver, where he will receive formal enlistment if he passes his final examination.”
50 years ago: “The hospital business is booming. Both Mercy and Community hospitals have almost every bed full, and it has been this way for a month or more. There is no epidemic, nothing in particular that patients are being admitted for, but rather a combination of heart attacks, surgery and the flu.”
25 years ago: “A group of students at Durango High School is attempting to have the ‘Wizard of A.I.D.S.’ play performed at the school. Jesse Kutz, president of the DHS student council, said a committee has been formed to study what it will take to have the play brought to the school. However, DHS Principal Bobby Wright said he has no plans to invite the Fort Lewis College theater group to the high school to perform the AIDS education play.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
