75 YEARS AGO: “M.B. Marr was down this morning from his ranch on the Hermosa, with the doubly cheering news that the Hermosa is beginning to clear and that fruit prospects for the season are good.”

50 YEARS AGO: “Circus or carnival people are so often taken for granted that little effort is ever made to know them. Many people think they are a very unstable lot … but we found that there are the same hard-working and conscientious people … that are found in an everyday family.”

25 YEARS AGO: “Durango Crime Stoppers is looking for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who committed felony theft by stealing 494 bales of hay from the Dalton Ranch.”

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