100 years ago: “Hatcher Brothers, shipped 35 carloads of sheep to the Kansas City market. The animals were all of high grade and will no doubt bring a good price.”
75 years ago: “A Durango man who sells insurance as a past time and operates a mine for a vocation, is passing out the cigars today. His dog presented him with four pups, and gives one away with each cigar.”
50 years ago: “Directors of School District 9-R increased the capital reserve mill levy from one mill to the statutory limit of two mils to establish a fund for acquisition of a future school site, and pared $115,000 from the 1966 calendar year budget of $2,213,360 when they meet. Directors accepted the revised budget of $2,098,360.”
25 years ago: “An estimated 250 families and an equal number of alumni were in Durango to witness the Fort Lewis College 35-28 homecoming victory over Colorado School of Mines.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
