100 years ago: O.K. Coal advertised themselves as “the best domestic fuel on the Durango market, free from all impurities.”

75 years ago: Employment services placed 33 unemployed men into job positions during February, a “considerable” increase from January.

50 years ago: Richard Fryback resigned after two years from his position as director of Southwest Colorado Community Action Programs. He told reporters, “I rather feel it is time for someone else with new ideas to take over.”

25 years ago: A man was arrested after someone reported four bikers fighting each other outside the Strater Hotel.

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