Taken from SUN files of
March 28, 1924
At the school site referendum, held at the court house Tuesday afternoon, whereby the qualified electors of the district were given an opportunity to state their preference of five proposed sites submitted for the erection of the new school building in Pagosa Springs, no majority was received by any one site, though two, the Himes corner in east Pagosa and the old school house hill, ran about even in the favor of the voters.
The question whether the school board members should proceed to choose and acquire a suitable location for the school, using their own judgment, provided a majority of votes was not cast for any one of the sites submitted, carried by a vote of 85 to 64.
Wednesday morning, considering that sufficient time had elapsed since the burning of the school building without any definite site being selected, and, proceeding under the vote of confidence rendered Tuesday, the school board selected a portion of Block 22, involving some of the property which had originally be embraced in Proposition no. 1.
Taken from SUN files of
March 25, 1949
The store front of the Goodman Department store is plainly discernible in the March 23 “Red Ryder” strip cartoon as are the letters P-A-G-O-S-A on another building in the drawing. The cartoon is drawn by Fred Harman, who never misses a chance to get Pagosa Springs some publicity.
The details of the Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce Slogan contest were announced this week and include such features as a $25 cash prize for the best slogan and $10 in cash for the second prize.
The organization is desirous of obtaining a slogan that may be used in their advertising of this area. According to the announcement the slogan should be short and snappy and yet describe the many advantages of this area.
Complete details and entry blank may be found on page five of this issue of the SUN. It sounds like a pretty good chance to pick up a little folding money.
Little Terry Pat Alley celebrated his first birthday on Saint Patrick’s Day. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Risinger had a family dinner in his honor.
Taken from SUN files of
March 28, 1974
After being closed for several months the county jail is again approved as a lockup for lawbreakers. The facility has been thoroughly cleaned, painted, and renovated.
One bunk has been removed from each cell, leaving only one bunk. New mattresses and bedding have been purchased and the jail is clean and warm. New windows, new plumbing, and new wiring have also been installed.
The jail is a county jail but the renovation of it was a joint town and county project. Prisoners from both units may now be lodged there. Any long jail sentences will be served at the La Plata County Jail and some types of prisoners will also be lodged there while awaiting trial or hearings.
The jail has been used on a cooperative basis between the county and town for many years. The town has no jail. Both county and town have budgeted revenue sharing funds for the eventual construction of a new jail facility that will meet all federal and state requirements.
No date has been set for the start of construction of the new facility. In the meantime, though, there is now a holding jail so that prisoners may be locked up locally and not hauled to Durango.
Taken from SUN files of
March 25, 1999
Archuleta County’s only known female lynx died last week, according to Glen Eyre, a local Colorado Division of Wildlife conservation officer.
The female feline had lived in the Upper Blanco Basin for approximately three weeks. She was one of five lynx released Feb. 3 near Wagon Wheel Gap as part of a Canadian lynx restoration project being conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Of the original five, two died near the Wagon Wheel Gap drop point, and the fifth made a 60-mile trek across the mountains from Wagon Wheel Gap to the Upper Blanco Basin location.
An initial analysis of the dead lynx’s remains indicates starvation as the cause of death, Eyre said. Study of the remains continues, Eyre said, to determine if a cause other than the inability to catch food led to the starvation.
