100 years ago: “William Owens has placed the finest pieces of silver-copper ore in the windows of the Durango Exchange that ever came out of the Cave Basin mining district. This ore is from the Mary Murphy claim and runs a total of $352 in silver and copper.”
75 years ago: “Despite the rains, Leonard Zink is completing work on three rooms which will replace the quarters destroyed by fire at the Hermosa nurseries this spring. The rooms will house the heating plant and the packing and wrapping department of the greenhouse. Building material is of adobe with a finish coat of stucco.”
50 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. Al Acord of the Kallico Kottage on the Florida Road have had a most interesting experience with a group of English girls in distress. The four girls were in an automobile accident. A rabbit had run across the road, and in swerving to miss the animal, the driver turned over their small car. Their car was completely demolished. ... The Acords enjoyed the girls immensely and learned so much about England and its customs, as the girls were excited and upset and talked all the time.”
25 years ago: “The former city attorney of Prescott, Ariz., has been selected by the La Plata County commissioners as the new county attorney. He is scheduled to begin work Oct. 1. Kurtiss Kane Graves, 38, was chosen out of a field of 18 attorneys who applied for the job formerly held by Steve Zwick.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
