100 years ago: An advertisement for Stein’s read, “We are going out of the dry goods business and offer our entire stock for sale. We will go into the clothing business exclusively.”

75 years ago: “Barbara Stanwyck, in a role completely different from any she has previously attempted, and Joel McCrea, as a character strongly reminiscent of the one he portrayed last season in ‘Wells Fargo’ are co-starred in the romantic leads of ‘Union Pacific,’ Cecil B. DeMille’s grand-scale interpretation of the building of America’s first transcontinental railroad.” The film was showing in Durango.

50 years ago: “Wolf Creek Pass is closed again after being open to traffic for slightly more than 36 hours. At mid-morning, the wind was blowing hard on the pass, visibility was poor, and it was snowing hard. There was no estimate on when it would reopen.”

25 years ago: “A former Durango High School principal who sued Durango School District 9-R alleging she was sexually harassed has been awarded $30,000 in an out-of-court settlement.”

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