Taken from SUN files of
March 27, 1925
When only a mile from the local station, a coal car on the Pagosa flyer jumped the track last evening delaying the arrival of the train for about two hours.
Pagosa residents are frequently the recipients of first-class mail sent by aeroplane, one of the latest being Mrs. May Kuhn, who recently received a letter from Chicago the next day after the same had been mailed.
The highway is now open for auto travel and in fair shape, except for a small portion on the west side of Yellowjacket divide. Several cars are daily traversing the road.
The newly organized Archuleta County Game and Fish Protective Association is now quite busy campaigning for membership with excellent results. The officers have decided to enlarge the scope of endeavors of the organization to include every possible need of the community, with especial attention to boosting and encouraging every worthy enterprise. These matters will be brought up and discussed at the first annual meeting to be held in May.
Taken from SUN files of
All residents of the town and county are urged to be present at the meeting to discuss the proposed community hospital this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. If it is necessary the meeting will be adjourned until 8 in the evening and those who can’t make it in the afternoon will have a chance to take part in the discussion that evening.
There have been several proposals advanced in regard to the proposed building and these will all be presented at the two meetings. One that is of importance to everyone in the county is the proposal that a one mill levy be placed on all property for the support of the hospital. This and others will be explained and everyone will have a chance to express their opinions.
The plans as now drawn up call for an expenditure of $90,000 for the completed building all equipped and ready to operate. Of this amount only $53,000 will have to be furnished locally. The remainder will be paid by the federal government.
The meeting will open in the district courtroom at 2:30 p.m. the afternoon of Saturday, March 25 and will reconvene at 8 p.m. All citizens of the county are urged to be present.
Taken from SUN files of
March 27, 1975
Wolf Creek Pass is in the news this week as snowfall records tumbled there last week and more snow has fallen this week. Previous record snowfall for an entire winter was 619 inches. The first of April found snowfall for the winter at 645 inches, 41 inches fell the first of the week and there is more on the way.
A familiar face will be missing from the business section of town as Aubrey Fowler retires. He was been the owner of Moorehead Garage, which has been purchased by Ken Buhler. Aubrey has been one of the seven day a week workers and will now have a well deserved opprotunity to travel and enjoy life. He has been with the garage for 42 years and well and favorably known to just about everyone.
EG&G cloud seeding firm reports that weather conditions were suitable on March 23 and 24 and that seeding operations were carried out on those two days. Conditions were also suitable on the 25th but no seeding took place. Conditions were not suitable the rest of the week. EG&G has seeded 12 out of the 27 suitable days this winter.
Taken from SUN files of
March 23, 2000
It was once called Gato, Pagosa Junction was, and like its namesake — the cat — it has had nine lives. Now that the Padilla family is moving out, the old river village and railroad town is empty. For the first time since 1880 and maybe earlier, Pagosa Junction has no residents. The move has moistened more than one cheek with a silent tear shed in memory of an almost forgotten past.
The Gomez Store moved from Pagosa Junction to Pagosa Springs this past week to become part of a museum collection at the Fred Harman Art Museum. The old warehouse formerly located across the railroad tracks from the store also moved out last week and now rests on Juanita Hill on the south side of Trujillo Road overlooking the San Juan-Navajo river union at Juanita.
The Padillas are direct descendants of the pioneering Gomez family and grew to adulthood in Pagosa Junction. For the past few years, Lilliosa Padilla and son Ray have been the only residents of Pagosa Junction, and of a life-supporting system for the crumbling community. Felix Gomez, Liliosa’s father, had closed the doors on the Gomez Store in 1971, leaving its contents intact.
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