100 years ago: “John Sponsel left for his home in the Thompson’s Park country, his rig being the center of the admiring gaze of quite a few people.”

75 years ago: “A prospector who came through Kennebec Pass in the La Plata Mountains to spend the night at Charles Fassbinder’s mine cabin in Flager’s Park, a mile west of the Neglected Mine found him lying dead, apparently the victim of a heart attack. Fassbinder came to Durango in 1876. He lived in Durango for 62 years and was very well-known. His father, Peter Fassbinder, homesteaded in North Durango and a subdivision still bears his name.”

50 years ago: “The price of haircuts in Durango will go up on Sept. 16. ... Haircuts, $1.75; flat tops and specialties, $1.75; children 12 and under will remain at $1.50. The increase has been necessitated by increased operating costs and increased cost of living.”

25 years ago: “Cap Allen and John Kent, both from Durango, won medals at the National Marathon Canoe Championships. The two Durangoans combined to win the C-2 IFC (International Canoe Federation) 19-mile race in 2 hours, 14 minutes, more than 2 minutes ahead of the rest of the eight-boat field. The championships, held on the Connecticut River at Hanover, N.H., featured three days of one- and two-man canoe racing.”

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