This picture appeared in the Sept. 4, 1988, Herald. The caption read, “This B-17G World War II bomber, Texas Raiders, will be on display this week at the Durango-La Plata County Airport as it makes a stopover between airshows in Utah and New Mexico.”
This picture appeared in the Sept. 4, 1988, Herald. The caption read, “This B-17G World War II bomber, Texas Raiders, will be on display this week at the Durango-La Plata County Airport as it makes a stopover between airshows in Utah and New Mexico.”Special to the Herald

75 years ago: “The 1941 Torpedo fleet is in, and Erwin Selby, who sells Pontiac Torpedoes, has devised a novel way of announcing the arrival of his fleet. Two Durango beauties – and they are just a sample of what grows here – dressed as Atlantic City sailor girls mounted on the hood of a 1941 Pontiac Torpedo, are riding through the streets of Durango, Silverton, Pagosa Springs and Rico and other of our sister towns, extending a printed invitation to visit the fleet anchored at the Selby-Pontiac company’s Durango ‘navy yard.’”

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