100 years ago: “Henry Thomas, the ‘Old Reliable’ is down from the La Platas to see how much grub he can buy with the returns from his ‘high grade’ shipment to the local smelter from the Duke property.”
75 years ago: “Wool raised in the San Juan Basin has been sold by the Colorado-New Mexico Marketing Association recently on the Boston market for prices ranging from 32 cents to 38 cents per pound. This nets local growers about 28 cents to 38 cents per pound.”
50 years ago: GEM VILLAGE – “At present the Valley View nursing home has all 12 beds full, Most of the patients are able to care pretty well for themselves, but two are more or less bedfast. The ambulatory patients always enjoy visitors, and their friends are welcome to drop in.”
25 years ago: “The six-year lawsuit over living conditions and prisoner treatment at the La Plata County Jail has finally been resolved. U.S. Magistrate David West ruled the county jail is in compliance with a court-ordered consent decree and recommended dismissal of court oversight of the jail. West’s recommendation will go to U.S. District Court in Denver for Judge Zita Weinshienk for the final determination. The original lawsuit was filed in 1982 by two inmates charging conditions at the old La Plata County Jail were unconstitutional.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
