100 years ago: “Prospects for a very successful fair with enormous crowds, plenty of amusements and extensive exhibits, were never better, according to directors of the Colorado-New Mexico Fair Association.”
75 years ago: An advertisement for Wallace G. Mollette, 127 E. Ninth St., read: “For sale – The are three brand new homes being built for sale across from the Fiesta Grounds on Main Avenue. These homes will have four rooms, bath, basement and garage, hardwood floors, gas furnace and gas hot water heaters. Walls will be plaster finish. Lots will be 46 feet by 150 feet and the soil will raise anything for there isn’t a rock in it. Selling prices will be $3,250.”
50 years ago: “Durango police say the four explosions, which startled Durangoans about midnight, were dynamite explosions. One was in the alley of the Arts and Science building of the high school, a second was in the 3000 block of West Second Avenue, the other two were in other parts of town. Police recovered a box of dynamite caps from a high school student.”
25 years ago: “There were 250 entries at the annual Rose Show at the Durango Mall. ... Queen of Show, hybrid tea rose ‘First Prize,’ was grown by Flora Taylor, veteran rose grower; and King of Show, hybrid ‘Edith McFarland,’ was also grown by Taylor, Princess of Show, ‘Touch of Class,’ was grown by Joyce Yeager.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
