Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.
Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver is not identified.Courtesy of the Animas Museum

25 years ago: “As the professional dual downhill slalom racers began making runs on Chapman Hill Saturday, a new event took place below – a kids mountain bike race. For the first time, the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic had an event for the up-and-coming mountain bike racers.”

Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Accuracy of content may not be verified.