100 years ago: “Interesting billiards game – About 175 people witnessed the most interesting billiards games ever played in this city, when Frank Loft and Charlie McKinney met in a 300-point game at the Exchange last night.”

75 years ago: “A letter from Charles Limprecht, Durango enrollee in the U.S. Navy, says that he passed the entrance examinations OK and is ‘in the Navy now.’”

50 years ago: “The Fort Lewis College ski team will be in Park City, Utah, this weekend for the University of Utah Winter Carnival and Lowell Thomas Classic.”

25 years ago: “Theft of backpack, jacket and cash reported at 8:39 a.m., taken sometime Friday from a Durango High School locker.“

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