100 years ago: “Bill Shaffer brought word down from Oro Fino yesterday that mountain rats had carried off half a case of eggs from a neighboring prospector and had taken them over a rocky trail for half a mile, without cracking a shell. Mountain rats are awful this year.”

75 YEARS AGO: “Members of Basin Sportsmen, Inc., concluded plans for distributing fingerling native trout to the headwaters of area streams using pack horses.”

50 YEARS AGO: “The world’s greatest jeep road will be completed this week over the top of Imogene Pass connecting San Miguel and Ouray counties.”

25 YEARS AGO: “La Plata County Sheriff records: Stallion at large near 356 County Road 514 at 8:05 a.m. Neighbor wanted to know if he could shoot the horse because the animal is a ‘deadly weapon.’ Owner later returned ‘killer’ horse to stall.”

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