A firefighter runs a hose through the window of the Durango & Silverton Railroad roundhouse as flames leap from a section of the building. The brick portion of the roundhouse, built in 1881, was extensively damaged in the fire, which gutted the entire building in February 1989.
A firefighter runs a hose through the window of the Durango & Silverton Railroad roundhouse as flames leap from a section of the building. The brick portion of the roundhouse, built in 1881, was extensively damaged in the fire, which gutted the entire building in February 1989.Special to the Herald/Dana Helvey Pennington Camera

75 years ago: “Durango’s municipal band, directed by Prof. E. T. Sly will present its last indoor concert of the season. … Weekly outdoor concerts during the summer are being planned by the band with the first one Easter Sunday afternoon.”

50 years ago: SILVERTON – “Jake Morlang, 30, was killed by a dynamite charge in the American Tunnel of the Standard Metals property above Silverton.”

25 years ago: “The chief executive officer of La Plata Community Hospital called a press conference to announce a profit of $26,504 in February. It was the second month in a row that the hospital has logged a revenue increase.”

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