100 years ago: “The San Juan Basin is enjoying a nationwide advertising of the best kind, as a result of the circulation of extra copies of The Durango Democrat and 1,600 pamphlets, published by the Durango Exchange, containing the Taylor bill and a description and map of the proposed San Juan railway from Farmington to Gallup, N.M.”

75 years ago: “The last of Durango’s national guard has left.”

50 years ago: “In the men’s this week, Conglomerates defeated Tenneco Blue 15-13, 6-15, 15-5; Tenneco Red beat A & L Coors 15-11, 15-8; Union Oil defeated West Building 15-12, 15-9; and the Hilltoppers beat Bureau of Reclamation 15-13, 15-9.”

25 years ago: “Elections for four members of the School District 9-R Board of Education will be held May 7.”

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