100 years ago: “Durango can take care of the very largest beet sugar factory in the West.”

25 years ago: “Gary Toothaker, now superintendent for the 6,700-student Independent School District No. 30 in Bartlesville, Okla., said during his visit to Durango Thursday that effective school administrators are “assertive, aggressive advocates of the educational well-being of students.”

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