100 years ago: “The Durango police received word from Silverton authorities to keep on the lookout for Angelo Jairado, who is charged with having shot Joseph Dalla in the leg as the latter was going into the Welcome Saloon. Jairado made his getaway.”

75 years ago: An advertisement for Wallace G. Mollette read, “For sale – A brand new home, just finished, four rooms, bath, basement and garage. Gas furnace and gas hot water. Hardwood floors throughout with linoleum in bath and kitchen. The price is just $3,250. Own your own home in 1941.”

50 years ago: “Santa Claus arrived at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Leo W. Lloyd at 2 a.m. Christmas morning, just after Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lloyd Jr. and Leo III and John drove in from Ogden, Utah. In fact you could say he had been waiting for them, and was complete even to the costume.”

25 years ago: “Fort Lewis College begins its 100th year as a school in 1991. The college, named for a U.S. Army Post built southwest of Durango in the late 1800s, was converted to a federal Indian school in 1891. In 1911, Fort Lewis College became a state-supported high school of agriculture, and by 1993, Fort Lewis served as a junior college. In 1956, the facility moved to Durango and evolved into a four-year college, offering liberal arts degrees by 1962.”

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