50 YEARS AGO: “Their credo is violence ... their God is hate. Enemies of everything and everyone but each other: ‘The Wild Angels’ with Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, and members of Hell’s Angels of Venice, CA. Recommended for adults only. Adults $1.10, students 90 cents. ”

25 YEARS AGO: “Durango Police: Theft of AM-FM cassette player, four speakers, and one amplifier, reported 9:07 a.m., value $980. Theft of a Tandy laptop computer from BankVision, reported 11:49 a.m., value $400. Woman allegedly pulled a phone out of the wall near Alternate Realities before driving away in a white Pinto, reported 9:25 a.m.”

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