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: Durango Police Department received a report that someone had poured syrup on the door handles of a pickup in the parking lot of Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave.

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.