100 years ago: “Jeff Keith, Miss T. Foreman and Frank Gibbs of Ignacio drove to this city in an auto for a short stay.”
75 years ago: “Local hunters, or rather hunters who are covering this locality in search of ducks, lament that the winged game is unusually scarce and that results have not been particularly gratifying.”
50 years ago: “Neo Delphian met at the home of Mrs. Robert DeNier and Mrs. David Bechtel as co-hostess. Mrs. Clarice D’Arcy gave a program entitled ‘Which Way Purgatory,’ explaining the meaning of the word purgatory and why it was applied to part of the Animas River. Ski apparel from Sweetbriar, Gardenswartz and the A. and H. Bootery was modeled.”
25 years ago: “A Fort Lewis College senior was found dead in the La Plata Mountains, the state’s first avalanche fatality this season. The death prompted the sheriff to warn of extreme avalanche danger in Southwest Colorado mountains.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
