100 years ago: “The Fort Lewis school is making an attempt to secure a three-hundredths of a mill levy, so that its income, while not large, may be definite and regular. That amount will make it possible to clear a portion of the farm within a few years and make a school largely self-supporting. It will not only do this but will give Southwest Colorado a great experimental and demonstration farm at an altitude of 7,500-7,900 feet, and a school well-equipped to train boys and girls for household arts and rural teaching work.”

75 years ago: “Fire completely destroyed the Los Banos baths, the large 400-feet square bathhouse owned by Joe Hersch at Pagosa Springs.”

50 years ago: “The Durango Herald expects to complete a $300,000 expansion program by the end of September. The Ballantines signed a contract for the construction of a 13,696 sq. ft. two-level plant at 1275 Main Ave., This is 2½ times the present size of the Herald quarters at 1022 Main Ave. Construction will begin in March.”

25 years ago: “La Plata Community Hospital will attempt to refinance more than a $1.1 million loan by Feb. 22 to repay a savings-and-loan company for money that was borrowed during the mid-1980s to finance the construction of the Medical Office Building. In a motion field in District Court, Community said it will make other arrangements if it cannot secure financing in 26 days to repay First Federal Savings and Loan of Fargo, N.D. the full $1,140,000. The MOB was built to attract more doctors to the tax-supported hospital.”

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