100 years ago: “All local roads are reported in bad condition on account of snow.”

75 years ago: “Captain Art Hook, a world-famous deep-sea diver, appeared before students of the Durango schools in one of the series of national assembly programs.”

50 years ago: “City crews are hoping to be able to quit work after 14- and 15-hour shifts clearing streets of snow. Crews worked all night clearing residential streets.”

25 years ago: “Two Durango youths will be going on a soccer road trip this summer. A long road trip. Brian Fredrick and Bryan Todd, both 11, recently learned they had made the TEAMS/USA North Central under-14 select soccer team which will compete in tournaments in Europe beginning in early July and continuing into mid-August.

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