100 years ago: “The county and city offices will be closed today to give the poor servants of the people a chance to get a square meal. Special services will be held in three churches, and generally the day will be devoted to what it is supposed to represent, an expression of the spirit of Thanksgiving.”

75 years ago: “Harry Copson has two trucks hauling fertilizer to the Pomona orchards, apparently determined to raise more blue ribbon potatoes next year.”

50 years ago: “The state board of agriculture, governing body of Fort Lewis College, decided recently that the college would be unable to accept the offer to lease Molas Lake Park at Silverton. The offer was made by the Silverton Town Council. Dave McGraw, local member of the state board, said that financing simply was not available at this time for a research project and that money would have to come from the legislature. ... The suggestion had been made in Silverton that the college and the town cooperate on maintaining a public park and high altitude center for biological research.”

25 years ago: “The dry-weather pattern that has persisted throughout most of the fall is expected to continue. A high-pressure ridge is expected to reform over the West and once again divert storms over and above the state.”

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