100 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
April 17, 1925
About forty citizens met at the court house last evening and organized what will be known as the Archuleta County Boosters’ Club, into which has been merged the former tentative game and fish association. Temporary officers are Dr. A.J. Nossaman chairman and Chas. F. Rumbaugh secretary-treasurer.
A bigger, better and more prosperous Archuleta county typifies, in general, the purpose of the new organization. Its main objects are to induce outside capital to locate here, to make this country more attractive to tourists by developing and advertising our attractions, to give the tourists more courteous treatment while here, to better the hunting and fishing by observance of the game laws and by securing more fry for our streams, or to take up any matter not mentioned here which will make a better and more prosperous community.
The membership fee is $1.00, which is now due, while nominal annual dues will be fixed at the first annual meeting, at which time also the permanent officers will be elected. The membership committee has to date acquired a total of 125 pledges.
75 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
April 14, 1950
Excavation for the new Baptist Church was started on Friday of last week. The new church is to be 34 x 60 feet in size and will be located across the street from the Ben Lynch home. It is to be constructed of fireproof blocks and will be two stories high with one story being below the level of the street.
Despite the inclement weather early Sunday morning nearly 75 residents of the community turned out for the Sunrise Services. It was necessary to hold the services in town park rather than on the hill as rain made it impossible to negotiate up the hill. Harvey J. Catchpole was song leader, the prayer was delivered by H.A. Cates and Rev. Meeks delivered the Easter message. The Lions Club donated the use of their piano for the ceremony and Junior Clark donated the use of his PA system.
An Easter picnic was planned to be in the town park in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kingsley and family, but on account of the stormy weather, the bunch gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Hallett.
50 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
April 17, 1975
The landowners association of the Pagosa development is proposing a fire improvement district for that area. A meeting of property owners in that development will be help April 25 to fully explain the plans.
Officers of the landowners association met with County Commissioners Tuesday of this week to present a request for a public hearing on the proposal. After this hearing is held and a petition is presented by the landowners to district court, an election date can be set. At that time property owners within the district will vote upon formation.
The proposal, which was outlined in a service plan accepted by the County Commissioners, calls for the formation of a 13,280 acre district. This will encompass the developments and subdivisions that have been platted by Eaton. Approximately 12,611 lots will be included in the district.
Snowfall on Wolf Creek Pass for the winter to date was totaled at 741 inches Monday of this week.
25 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
April 13, 2000
Pagosa Springs trustees learned April 6 that a long-awaited project to improve the intersection of Piedra Road and U.S. 160 is expected to move forward in the near future.
For several months, town officials waited for word from the Colorado Department of Transportation concerning a CDOT project designed to put a traffic signal at the intersection of Piedra Road and U.S. 160. The project included an island at the intersection to direct right-turn traffic from the westbound lanes of the highway to Piedra Road.
As part of the project, the intersection of Eagle Drive (the frontage road adjacent to the westbound lanes of the highway) and Piedra Road was set to be moved to a point approximately 300 feet from the highway intersection with Piedra Road. Eagle Drive now meets Piedra Road approximately 40 feet north of the highway.
Town and county officials were ready to cooperate on the Eagle Drive project and asked in March 1999 to combine the effort and expense with CDOT work at the site. A CDOT response was not forthcoming until Town Administrator Jay Harrington received word from the agency on March 28, 2000.
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