In this March 6, 1966, photo: “Mark Elliott won his second straight NCAA cross-country ski championship Friday, another in a long list of skiing awards for the Fort Lewis College senior and native Durangoan.”
In this March 6, 1966, photo: “Mark Elliott won his second straight NCAA cross-country ski championship Friday, another in a long list of skiing awards for the Fort Lewis College senior and native Durangoan.”Durango Herald file

75 years ago: “Four teams will enter a brief, four-team independent tournament which will open at Smiley Junior High Friday evening.”

50 years ago: “Directors of School District 9-R will have a 7 p.m. executive session to discuss teacher contracts preceding a regular 8 p.m. meeting open to the public Tuesday in the school administration building.”

25 years ago: “Male subject found at 11:35 p.m. drunk and lying in road near Seventh Street and Narrow Gauge.”

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