75 years ago: Mrs. Idris Guire of Silverton stayed in Durango with her mother-in-law, Mrs. C.J. Guire, to receive treatment for her infected hand. Her hand was reported to be responding well to treatment.

50 years ago: Skies finally cleared and sunshine bounced off the waist-high snowdrifts, as Cortez residents emerged from one of the most severe winter storms they’d ever seen.

25 years ago: Durango Police Department received a report of a cat in the rafters at Smelter’s Coalroom, 801 Main Ave.

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