50 Years Ago: Six basketball players from the College of Southern Utah escaped without injury after their car caught fire and exploded somewhere on the roadway between Wolf Creek Pass and Pagosa Springs. The team was en route to Alamosa for a tournament, though they stopped to catch their breath in Pagosa for a minute and thanked their lucky stars they survived the accident.
25 years ago: The remodel of the Southern Ute tribe’s pottery factory began after the plans to build a 22,000-square-foot casino outside the reservation were confirmed by officials. The local populations expressed differing opinions about the controversial project.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
