Taken from SUN files of
June 5, 1925
Mat Arnold is this week moving his gas tank from in front of the J.M. Laughlin store to its new location in front of the John P. Lynn building on San Juan Street.
Work will soon be in progress by Contractor M. J. Wicklem on the new cement walks for the school grounds. The main walk of eight feet width will start at Pagosa street and extend toward the school building for a distance of 185 feet. It will then diverge into two five-foot walks, quarter-circle in shape, and 65 feet long, which in turn will extend to each front entrance of the building. In addition, cement walks will be built from Lewis street to the rear entrance ramps, each being about four feet in width and 25 feet in length.
R.T. Williams on Sunday moved to the former Walt Himes ranch on West fork, now owned by Whitney Newton, where he and his family will reside this season. In conjunction with Mr. Newton, he will experiment in the raising of head lettuce at the altitude intending to plant about 10 acres of the Mountain Iceberg variety.
Taken from SUN files of
Work on the new rodeo grounds is progressing nicely and the grounds are rapidly taking shape for this year’s big Red Ryder Round-Up July 3 and 4. A large crowd of volunteer workers put in two good days of labor last Saturday and Sunday and a big change in the appearance of the grounds is evident.
The volunteer workers, composed of rural residents and towns people have nearly all of the post holes drilled and the arena is all fenced. The roping chutes have been completed and work on other pens and chutes as well as the bleachers is underway. The county loaned their compressor and jack hammer for the two days for use in drilling the post holes in the shale. Tractors and post hole diggers belonging to different ranchers were used and much progress was made on the fencing.
Several businessmen of the town who were unable to be present either day hired men to work and a large number of ranchers were present. A good start has been made and if volunteers this Sunday show up in sufficient force much of the work can be completed.
Taken from SUN files of
June 5, 1975
Jack and Benny Johnson last week donated a new ambulance to Archuleta County. The ambulance will be manned by the Mounted Rangers and members of the Emergency Medical Technicians group will ride as attendants where needed. The ambulance is owned by the county. Benny Johnson, in making the presentation said: “We feel that the community has been good to us and we just want to do something to show our appreciation for the privilege of living here and doing business here.” The vehicle is a late model Oldsmobile, is fully equipped with lights, siren, cots, emergency equipment, and is specially made for ambulance service.
Archuleta County Judge Bert Hyde levied a $1250 fine on Mark Obertwortmann, of Lamar, in an elk poaching case Monday of this week. Obertwortmann had plead guilty to charges of illegal killing of two elk.
The record fine came after local Wildlife Conservation officers and the District Attorney’s office had spent several weeks investigating the case. Seven other persons involved in the poaching accepted penalty assessments totaling $1100.00.
Taken from SUN files of
June 1, 2000
A public hearing will take place in Mineral County at 7 p.m. June 29 to review recommendations of the Mineral County Planning Commission concerning the Village at Wolf Creek, a proposed planned unit development adjacent to the Wolf Creek Ski Area. The hearing will be held in the Mineral County Courthouse, at 1201 North Main Street, in Creede.
The Village at Wolf Creek is an idea that has been around for more than a decade, involving a tract adjacent the southeast boundary of the ski area. The tract included the Alberta Park area. Two fingers of ski area property protrude into the tract. One of those ski area properties is the site of the base of the recently opened Alberta quadra-chair lift.
Acreage for the proposed development, said Mineral County Administrator Les Cahill, was acquired in 1986 by Leavell and McComb — a joint venture involving a number of investors, including Wolf Creek Ski Area owner Kingsbury Pitcher.
