75 years ago: According to advice from Denver, the approaching winter was supposed to be one where members of the Legislature were “going to have to pay high for hotel rooms.”

50 years ago: Governors of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, and “a crush of other dignitaries,” were in Durango for lunch before departing to the Four Corners Monument to activate the Four Corners Regional Economic Development Commission.

25 years ago: Two 18-year-olds and a 20-year-old were told to be quiet by police officers after someone reported that they were howling at the moon.

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.