50 YEARS AGO: “According to the National Park Service, a total of 27,463 people visited Mesa Verde National Park last week.”
25 YEARS AGO: “Citizens blast transfer of Spanish-speaking teacher: ‘We’re doing the same thing in the 1990s we thought we took care of in the 1970s,’ a Fort Lewis College professor said. She stated that dropout rates and low test scores among minorities have made little progress during this time period.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and The Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
