75 years ago: “Vice squads under the leadership of D.A. James M. Noland and La Plata County Sheriff Bruce Sullivan this morning confiscated gambling equipment worth hundreds – thousands even – of dollars found in ‘joints’ in Durango and vicinity.

50 years ago: “The Rocky Mountain division of the U.S. Ski Association voted Sunday to hold its 1967 meeting in Colorado Springs and its 1968 session in Durango. The Steven Gates Memorial Scholarships went to Paul Canatsey of Durango, Ronald Schnackenberg of Steamboat Springs and Meredith Cox of Aspen.

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