Taken from SUN files of
November 13, 1925
The rig to be used in drilling the Haystack structure, on the Jose Espinosa ranch in Burns cannon, is now being moved from Kearns station over the divide between Cat creek and Burns canon. It has been necessary to build a portion of new road, but it is thought that the machinery will be on the ground some time next week, when drilling operations will commence.
A United States naturalization examiner from the district office at Denver will be in Pagosa Springs next Tuesday, Nov. 17th. Those having problems in that department should confer with Reef Egger, clerk of the district court, before said date.
Auto travel is rather on the bum since the storms of last week, but the Pagosa Springs — Durango road is passable but slow.
The thermometer dropped to zero three different mornings in Pagosa Springs the past week.
Taken from SUN files of
November 17, 1950
Nearly every local business house, will close for the football game, Friday at the Red Ryder Round-Up grounds. The local boys are looking for revenge as a result of their defeat by Ignacio earlier in the season. This will be a good game and a large crowd is expected to turn out.
Mr. Lacewell, superintendent of schools, announced this week that the school busses will go through town prior to the game and anyone without transportation to the rodeo grounds is welcome to a ride.
The first real snow of the season arrived Tuesday morning of this week after a fall of exceptionally dry weather. About three inches of the “beautiful white” fell here in town with more falling at the higher altitudes. The snow in town did not stay long, with most of it being gone by Thursday noon.
The continental divide is all white, for the first time this fall. The past few weeks have been exceptional, in that no moisture has fallen and the weather has continued mild. On Thursday night of last week the mercury took a dip and stayed fairly consistent until it warmed for the snow fall.
Taken from SUN files of
November 13, 1975
Weather continues very mild here and there has been no measurable precipitation in town this past week. A very light skift of snow fell on the high mountains but there is no appreciable snow pack there at present. Back in the woods and in deep canyons there is some snow but not enough to make it winter-like. Wolf Creek Ski Area is ready to open just as soon as there is sufficient snow.
Ronnie Willett was presented with an award by Carlos Trujillo, American Legion Post Commander, for his efforts in preparing and producing a history of the Legion post and its members. The presentation was made at a dinner Tuesday night.
The fountain on the downtown parking fill was turned on last week after being off curing the construction of a catch basin around the base of the fountain and a working drain to the river. The hot mineral water will now be drained away without leaving a mud puddle around the base of the fountain.
Taken from SUN files of
November 9, 2000
George W. Bush was the overwhelming presidential choice of Archuleta County voters at Tuesday’s general election.
In an election day when 62 percent of the county’s 7,700 registered voters took time to visit the polls. 2,988 of those voters marked Bush’s name on the ballot while 1,432 voted for Al Gore.
On county ballot issues, Bill Downey and Alden Ecker have been elected county commissioners, a proposed county use tax was soundly defeated, and term limits for county elected officials excepting commissioners were removed.
“Everything went pretty smoothly here,” said June Madrid, the Archuleta County clerk and election official. “We finished counting about midnight, which is average. The 62 percent turnout is good, but not a record. In 1992, 78 percent turned out and in 1996 the turnout was 68 percent.
Concerning a town proposal on the ballot to create a town improvement district in place of the Pagosa Springs Sanitation District, voters okayed creation of the improvement district, but voted against the financial measures needed for creating the improvement district.
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