From the Ouray County Herald and

Ouray County Plaindealer:

50 Years Ago

October 9, 1969 – Wind at a good fast clip last Thursday started the beautiful autumn color fluttering down, still in its infancy. With more horrid things in mind, the weatherman must have rounded up the clouds that evening that were to spill gallons of rain followed by heavy snow. As the patter of rain let up early Friday morning, coin-sized flakes of the first fall snow began to change the myriad fall colors to all-over...