“Performers and celebrities at the second Cowboy Poetry Gathering and the third annual Western Arts and Film Festival, held in October of 1990, were treated to a trail ride and dinner by Rapp Guide Service. Actor Barry Corbin adjusts his saddle before the ride.”
“Performers and celebrities at the second Cowboy Poetry Gathering and the third annual Western Arts and Film Festival, held in October of 1990, were treated to a trail ride and dinner by Rapp Guide Service. Actor Barry Corbin adjusts his saddle before the ride.”Special to the Herald

75 years ago: “Christmas decorations on Main Avenue are coming down and the merry yuletide is officially over.”

50 years ago: The Kiva Theatre was showing “Return from the Ashes.” The billing read: “No one may enter the theatre after Fabi enters her bath!”

25 years ago: “As the new year begins, endangered fish still have the massive Animas-La Plata Water Project snagged on a hook. Project proponents are hopeful a plan to recover two threatened fish species will prompt a go-ahead from biologists, enabling a May construction start – one year late.”

Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.