Taken from SUN files of
January 29, 1926
A.W. Baker of Allison and some associates of that neighborhood and of Denver, have formed a corporation which will take over 1200 acres of land at Tiffany and expects to develop there the largest turkey ranch in the United States. The land acquired comprises the places known as the Thuringer place, the Linebarger place including the townsite of Tiffany, and 480 acres of the Tiffany place.
The name of the corporation is the San Juan Basin Turkey Ranch, Inc. Mr. Baker is president and manager of the company, and will devote his entire time and skill to the managing of said company, and the raising of turkeys. The intentions are to specialize in the growing of breeding stock, and neither time nor money will be spared in securing the best blood in the country.
In addition to A.W. Baker, P.G. Ingler and LeRoy Baker are listed as incorporators, and the capitalization is given as $65,000. The seat of business will be at Tiffany.
Taken from SUN files of
February 2, 1951
Drizzling sleet and light snow that started early Sunday turned into a real snow storm and left the town covered with over a foot of the beautiful white stuff. From Sunday morning until Wednesday morning about six feet of new snow fell on Wolf Creek Pass and made driving over a hazardous job. The total depth on Wolf Creek Pass then was eight feet.
With skies beginning to clear Wednesday, the mercury dropped to frigid areas and it looks as it some real winter may be in store.
The new snow was exceptionally wet and the moisture content was high. This moisture and more is badly needed in this area and in practically all parts of the country.
The frosty 38 below Thursday morning is the coldest yet this winter that’s been recorded.
The Square Dance Festival sponsored by the local Jeans and Calico Club, and held last Saturday night in the High School gym was well attended and voted a success by those present. In addition to the local square dance enthusiasts, there were representatives from clubs in the San Juan Basin and the San Luis Valley.
Taken from SUN files of
January 29, 1976
The board of School District 50 met Tuesday night of this week after the meeting had been postponed twice because of lack of a quorum. Items on the agenda dealt with suspended students, claims and accounts, board policies and delegations.
A number of parents who have children riding the bus from the Upper Piedra appeared before the board to object to the manner in which discipline and driving of the bus were conducted. After hearing the delegation the board took the matter under advisement and instructed the superintendent to investigate further.
Ralph Yamaguchi, representing La Plata Motors, appeared before the board to protest the manner in which bus bids were handled. The board had called for bus bids and La Plata’s was the only bid submitted. The purchase of a bus was later negotiated with Johnson Chevrolet. Yamaguchi said that bids should not have been called for unless the lowest bid, or in this case the only bid, was accepted.
Taken from SUN files of
February 1, 2001
In an action apparently violating provisions of the Colorado Open Meetings Law, Archuleta County commissioners separated the county building inspection function from the county planning office during an executive session Jan. 16. At the same time the commissioners promoted Michael Crofts from building inspector to building official.
The action was apparently taken during an executive session labeled “Personnel” following the regular Jan. 16 commissioner meeting.
Timing of the action varies according to whose memory is being tested. The SUN did not learn of the action until Wednesday morning. A number of telephone calls and a face-to-face talk with Commissioner Bill Downey followed. Downey could not remember for certain when the action was taken, but thought it might have been during the Jan. 16 executive session. Downey said it was done by consensus.
County manager Dennis Hunt said the action was taken by consensus during the Jan. 16 executive session when he was directed by the commissioners to carry out the change.
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