100 years ago: Classified advertisements included a “team of horses, well broke and sound” for sale, and wanted ads for “sheep herders,” and “able-bodied laborers.”

75 years ago: According to District Judge Henry S. Lindsley of Denver, “persons convicted of being an accessory to the driving of a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor must undergo the same punishment as the driver of the car.”

50 years ago: Student at Durango High School, Paul Gemmill, received second place at the 18th International Science Fair in San Francisco, Calif.

25 years ago: Police were seeking information about an accident, which involved a School District 9-R school bus that ran over the foot of an 18-year-old mentally-disabled man. Due to the man’s disability, police were unable to determine what actually happened.

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