100 years ago: “Roger Frank Grubb was in for a bunch of beans and some sow-bosom from the Animas Station up the valley.”

75 years ago: “Plans for a Durango municipal band are developing rapidly. This municipal band is being boosted as a musical outlet for high school graduates in which they may continue their musical training, this assuring the best talent available for the band.”

50 years ago: “The D&RGW Silverton has four more regularly scheduled runs and a jam-packed special to pick up slightly fewer than 2,000 passengers to hit the 50,000 passenger mark for the first time in its history.”

25 years ago: “The controversial Waterfall Village mobile-home park planned for the Animas Valley is being withdrawn because of adverse publicity, according to developer Jack Roberts. Instead, Roberts will proceed with construction of 12 condominium units on the 17.4 acre tract as announced earlier.”

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