75 years ago: “Three FBI agents sent to Durango to act as instructors at the peace officers’ training school gave a fine demonstration of firearms last night south of town.”
50 years ago: SILVERTON – “A gift of Molas Lake by Silverton to Fort Lewis College for biological science studies is one of the proposals Silverton’s Town Council will consider before making a decision on the lake above Silverton. … Molas Park was granted to the town of Silverton on a permanent lease from the United States government in 1929.”
25 years ago: “La Plata Community Hospital will open an urgent care center at Purgatory Ski Resort. … Emergency room physicians, a medical technician and a nurse will staff the clinic.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
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