100 years ago: “It is understood that negotiations are on for the sale by Mart Bushnell of the Electric Theatre to Barney Soloman.”

75 years ago: “Joining with the rest of Durango in celebrating Thanksgiving Day, the Herald-Democrat will not publish an edition Thursday. Durango stores, banks and offices, with few exceptions, will be closed, and many people are expected to drive to Cortez to see the Cortez-Durango high school football game on Turkey Day.”

50 years ago: The Kiva Theatre was showing “How to Stuff a Wild Bikini” and “Sergeant Deadhead the Astronut!” The cost was $1.10 for adults, 80 cents for students and 40 cents for kids.

25 years ago: “Southwestern Colorado water users have agreed to share their water reserves with biologists studying fish in the San Juan River in exchange for construction of the Animas-La Plata Water Project. The two sides agreed in principle to a plan calling for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study the Colorado squawfish and the razorback sucker in the San Juan over the next five years, at a cost of up to $500,000. In return, the federal government would agree to build the controversial Animas-La Plata project as scheduled.”

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