100 years ago: “Twelve cars of wool arrived yesterday afternoon from Farmington. The shipments go to the Philadelphia and Boston markets.”

75 years ago: “Mrs. Raymond Israel, contrary to reports, says she has not resigned her teaching position at Cascade School. She will finish the term, she said today.”

50 years ago: “At the close of first day registration activity at Fort Lewis College on Monday, 309 students had enrolled for the spring trimester, according to preliminary figures from the office of admissions and records.”

25 years ago: “La Plata County residents may have thought they were in a scene from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ Thursday afternoon as a wind storm transformed trees and branches into weapons of destruction, and a brown cloud of dust filled the sky over Durango.”

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