100 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. L.A. O’Donnell, of Oxford, motored over to the county seat on a business and shopping expedition. They say the roads are getting in good condition again.”

75 years ago: “Announcement was made that E. Ellison Hatfield, Durango lawyer and assistant district attorney, will join Fredric B. Emigh Jan. 1 in a law firm to be known as Emigh & Harfield.”

50 years ago: “Visitors to Aztec Ruins National Monument during October increased over the same month last year, but the numbers of visitors decreased at Mesa Verde National Park. Visits to Mesa Verde declined during October after five successive months in increases.”

25 years ago: “Power company officials are continuing their efforts to determine the cause of a massive power fluctuation that surged through parts of the Rocky Mountain region, leaving at least five cities without power. Officials had not determined what had caused the 5-minute ‘power oscillation’ that affected Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and South Dakota earlier in the day. The oscillation caused lights to flicker in the Durango area and across areas of all four states.”

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