100 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
March 20, 1925
Archuleta county ranchman recently shipped to a Denver fur house several hides, among which was one beaver skin. The firm notified the state game warden’s office and not the ranchman will be summoned into court to explain “how come.”
The county commissioners are planning to put the graders and drags on the Pagosa Springs-Durango highway as soon as the road is dry enough to be worked.
M.J. Wicklem, contractor on the school building, made a business trip to Ignacio Wednesday for the purpose of speeding up the loading and delivery of sand for the plasterers and cement men.
Never hesitate to phone, write or tell us any item of news. When an item you know fails to appear, it is generally because we were not informed of it.
75 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
March 17, 1950
Mr. Fred Harman, author of the famous Red Ryder comic, is again conducting a contest for the Outstanding Boy of the Year in conjunction with the Boys Clubs of America. This contest is the 4th of its kind and Mr. Harman is giving two weeks vacation at the Red Ryder Ranch in the Blanco Basin as a first prize. This prize will be awarded the outstanding Boy of the Year and the top regional winner.
This contest receives wide publicity throughout the east and this year Mr. Harman has posters displayed in over 300 eastern cities publicizing the contest. The large posters give Pagosa Springs prominent mention, both in type and pictures. Some of the scenes depicted on the poster are the Red Ryder Ranch, Mr. Harman’s studio, last year’s Boy of the Year Jimmy Montgomery in the Town Park with Indians. The last picture was taken during the Red Ryder Round-Up last 4th of July.
Mr. Harman is the best booster that the San Juan Basin could have and never misses a chance to get in several good plugs for Pagosa Springs and Archuleta County. He also gave the rodeo committee permission to call the annual 4th of July celebration the Red Ryder Round-Up, which brought this area much fine publicity.
50 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
March 20, 1975
Down here the songbirds may be arriving and the ground baring up but up on Wolf Creek Pass it is still winter time. Latest reported snow by Ed Team was three inches on March 17, bringing the snow depth back to nine and a half feet.
The 93 inches that has fallen in March has brought the winter total to 545 inches. This is still short of a record, but winter is also short of being over. Snow to date this winter is already more than that falling the entire winters of 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, and last winter 1973-74.
In no winter since 1959 has the snowfall to the 15th of March been as great as this year. Records prior to 1959 are not immediately available, but this is most certainly one of the heavier snowfall years.
Record snowfall for Wolf Creek was the winter of 1972-73 when 619 inches fell.
Deer and elk are down in large numbers near town. They can be seen most mornings and evenings north of the San Juan River from the Y east of town to a point a mile or two above the Y. They can also be seen in late evening in other areas but generally not so close to the highway.
25 years ago
Taken from SUN files of
March 16, 2000
The School District 50 Joint board of directors agreed at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night to put out bids for the lighting of Golden Peaks Stadium. Superintendent Terry Alley said the bid date would be closed before the board’s April meeting in order to give the directors time to make a decision before next year’s budget is finalized.
In a presentation to the board, Pagosa Springs High School athletic director Kahle Charles said the district would probably have to come up with “about $15,000 to install the lights.” That figure, he said, represented a “high end” estimate.
Archuleta County voters will be asked to decide if state mandated term limits for county elected officials shall be removed, excepting the commissioners. The proposal has been approved by the county commissioners for the Nov. 7 ballot.
If this item were not placed on the ballot, newly-elected county officials would be limited to two terms in office. If voters approve, the same officials will be allowed to serve as long as voters continue to re-elect them.
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