From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago November 20, 1969 - The city of Ouray will be about twice as bright at night when lighting

In early 1894, Columbus Sikes and William Smeiduh were fast friends, living and working in and around Ridgway. On March 12 of that year, they met for lunch at noon

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 40 Years Ago November 15, 1979 - Cloudseeding operations may begin December 1st in the southwestern San Juan mountains, but important

The story in The Washington Post grabbed my attention. It was an article about a ranch. I was a graduate student in the swamp called D.C. during much of Richard

Our move to Ouray County has been a seemingly nonstop series of adjustments, both good and bad. The darkest night skies I've ever seen? Good. The closest Del Taco nearly

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago November 6, 1969 - Editorial - Halloween in Ouray was relatively damage-free. Aside from a broken window at

I apologize for having been away for so long. I had to take some time away to learn to appreciate what I have. The owners of the ranch gifted us

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago October 30, 1969 - The Bureau of Reclamation plans no cloud seeding this winter in the San Juan

Ouray’s first mountain snow arrived rather late this year, on Oct. 3, but still managed to refresh last winter’s lingering white patch visible in Mt. Abram’s huge avalanche basin. By

From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago October 23, 1969 - Jack Young, Ouray Police officer was given notice by Chief Harold Boyd this week