100 years ago: “After bucking snow for 4½ hours, the Silverton train, leaving here at 9:35, got stuck in a snow bank near the Cascade Spur and came back to town, arriving here at 1:40 this morning.”

75 years ago: “Jim Jones, Durango Studebaker and Terraplane dealer, has received notification that the Studebaker won in every price division in which it competed at the annual Gilmore-Yosemite run, and also won the coveted sweepstakes trophy which is awarded to the car making the best record regardless of price division.”

50 years ago: “La Plata County’s retail sales totaled $39,099,928 in 1964 compared with $36,785,800 in 1962, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. This jump of $2.3 million is approximately a 6 percent gain.”

25 years ago: “A bond election within the next year may be necessary either to raise money to build a middle school on district land near the Rocket Drive-In or to remodel the deteriorating Smiley Junior High. However, School District 9-R board members said one alternative, which raises several questions, wouldn’t require a bond: repairing the 53-year-old facility with ‘big Band-Aids’ to last for the next five to seven years.”

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