100 years ago: The soda water fountains in Durango advertised higher than usual prices. The Durango Democrat added that ice cream was “a dollar a dish in France,” beer was 6 cents in Chicago and milk was 14 cents in New York, “but milk is for children.”

75 years ago: Joseph J. Marsh, supervisor of the Colorado highway courtesy patrol, was granted a leave of absence to become a commissioned officer in the Army Air Corps.

50 years ago: A California man caused a power outage in Durango after he crashed his 1957 Ford sedan into an electrical pole in the alley between 28th and 29th streets, west of Main Avenue. The force of the impact “sheared the Western Colorado Power Co. pole in two.”

25 years ago: Someone reported that “way loud” music was coming from a trailer in the Narrow Gauge Mobile Home Park, 34344 U.S. Highway 160.

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.