Courtesy Animas Museum/No. 92-22-273<br><br>The American Smelting and Refining Company band poses on July 4, 1916. Pen-Dike Studio took the photo.
Courtesy Animas Museum/No. 92-22-273<br><br>The American Smelting and Refining Company band poses on July 4, 1916. Pen-Dike Studio took the photo.

75 years ago: “Interesting pictures of the Vallecito dam, taken from the air, are the pride of Francis Will. Hons and Norm Kramer took the pictures. Views of the dam and the lake, from angles north, east, west and south, are included in the collection.”

50 years ago: “Summer vacation provides an ideal time for children to have thorough physical checkups to makes sure they will be able to function at top level physically and mentally when classes resume next fall, Dr. A.L. Warner, director of the San Juan Basin Health Unit, said.”

25 years ago:”Durango Area Chamber Resort Association officials said that 52 percent of their members responding to a survey said they were not in favor of the county commissioners selling the La Plata County Fairgrounds in exchange for a new fairgrounds.”

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