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

50 years ago: Weekend storms left 0.91 inches of moisture in the Cortez area, according to Montezuma Valley Irrigation Co.

25 years ago: Durango Police Department received a report from a woman who was allegedly flashed by a man with brown hair wearing a blue sweatshirt in the 1000 block of Main Avenue. She said he was the same man who flashed her the year before.

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.