75 years ago: The Office of Price Administration froze all stocks of six types of men’s rubber boots and rubber work shoes, and it announced that certificate rationing would begin the following Monday.

50 years ago: The next engagement in the interstate war between Arizona and Colorado was scheduled and would feature Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz., who was expected to “take another swipe at construction money for the Frying Pan-Arkansas project.

25 years ago: After a meeting with Durango City Council, Dan Brassell, Durango Public Library director, announced that he hoped the 1,500-square-foot expansion of the library would begin in late October or early November.

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