Taken from SUN files of
April 25, 1924
Commencing last evening, this section has been visited by rain, sleet, snow, hail and wind up to the present writing — otherwise the weather is perfect.
The school board this week made the following sales of property, now located on the new school site: The McGee residence to J.W. McGee, who will move the building to another location not yet determined; the Mack and Sparks barns to N.L. Hayden, who is dismantling the latter and will move the former to his property near the depot.
Seven students, three boys and four girls, will graduate this year from the Pagosa Springs high school. They are Gertrude F. Houser, A. Mae Brakefield, Mary S. Spickard, Helen L. Bryant, J. Taylor Kyle, G. Ernest Ford and Earl H. Mullins.
The baseball season will officially open in Pagosa Springs next Sunday afternoon when the town team will cross bats with the high school. There should be a good attendance of supporters of the two teams.
Taken from SUN files of
April 22, 1949
Russell Williams has completed the decoration of the newly rebuilt Harras Chevrolet quarters and Mr. Harras and his crew are busy moving back in this week after the fire damaged the building some time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schoonover are the parents of a son, Billy Ray, born April 14th in a Del Norte hospital. He weighed seven pounds and one ounce. His grandparents are Mrs. Gladys Potter and Mrs. May McCully of Richmond, Calif. Mrs. McCully is visiting the Schoonovers and caring for their little daughter, Susan.
The Hi-Way Cafe, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Tishner which has been closed since the first of the year, re-opened last week. The cafe has been completely redecorated and some new equipment has been added.
After many years of service in the community, the Allison Flour Mill, owned by Don Tanner, has closed down. Mr. Udell Cardon, who has operated the mill for the past year has moved his family to Bayfield where he will be employed in the new Tanner Mill.
Taken from SUN files of
April 25, 1974
Retail sales in Archuleta County were up 20.4% in 1973 over 1972, according to a report this month by the Business Research Division of the University of Colorado. Sales rose from $9,480,000 for the fiscal year of 1972 to $11,413,000 for the year of 1973.
Biggest increase was in manufacturing, with a 64.5% increase in that category. Lumber mills and printing plants are the only manufacturing industries in the county. The increase was attributed entirely to the increased production of wood products from sawmills within the county.
Next biggest percentage increase was in hotels and lodging. This increase was 32.1%. Wholesale trade was up 23.3%, automotive sales were up 26.3%, and food sales showed a 2.1% increase.
Despite the building boom, building material sales were down 7.7% over 1972, and general merchandise sales were down 1.2%. Furniture sales dropped 29.6%, and the big drop was in eating and drinking sales, with a decrease of 29.6%.
Taken from SUN files of
April 22, 1999
The speed limit in the Vista subdivision has been reduced to 20 miles per hour based on the recommendation of Captain Otis May of the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Department.
Capt. May recommended the speed limit reduction to the county commissioners last month, based on safety concerns for the residents. Vista is a high-density subdivision located in the Fairfield Pagosa cluster of subdivisions west of Pagosa Springs. The houses are primarily mobile home or modular in construction. Vista residents tend to be beginning families with a considerable number of young children playing in the neighborhood and at times in the streets. The former speed limit was 30 miles per hour.
Vista is reached from U.S. 160 west by way of Vista Boulevard. The spreed limit on Vista Boulevard remains at 35 miles per hour.
Before approving May’s request, the commissioners ordered a study by county engineer Dan Flack, and by consultants Bechtel Engineering.
“I’d like us to look at speed limits for a lot of other county roads,” said County Commissioner Bill Downey during the discussion. “Circumstances have changed since the original speed limits were set.”
