100 years ago: The “first new potatoes” and “a good supply of home-grown cabbage” came into Durango with Johnathan Townsend.

75 years ago: La Plata County commissioners, City of Durango officials, Chamber of Commerce members and Herbert McGregor, county assessor, met with flying enthusiasts Jack Turner, Horace Buchanan and Charles Murray to discuss finding a site for an airport in the Durango area.

50 years ago: All “Huck Finns and Becky Thatchers” were invited to attend Huck Finn Day, sponsored by the VFW, in Viles Park, across from St. Columba’s Catholic Church.

25 years ago: A 23-year-old man passed out in a booth at McDonald’s and was “sent on his way.”

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