75 years ago: “Oil companies having bulk storage plants in Durango will be required to build dikes around their tanks as a fire protection measure. The three major oil corporations – Standard, Powerine and Texas – have their bulk plants concentrated in the area around Sixth Street and Railroad Avenue.”

50 years ago: “The La Plata County swimming pool is perfectly OK. There have been rumors that an organism there was causing a fungus infection. Not so, says Dr. J.A. Browing. There have been two cases of swimmers’ ear irritation, he reported, but these were to be expected as the two youngsters spend all their waking hours in the pool.”

25 years ago: IGNACIO – “Despite some residents’ fears of satanism, law officials encouraged parents to remain calm because there are no evil cults, just children who ‘don’t knew what they’re doing.’”

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