50 YEARS AGO

January 13, 1972 – Ouray can have smog, too. A temperature inversion headed Ouray into a very smoggy Sunday this week. Smoke collected over town so heavy that buildings and mountains were indistinguishable across town. The culprit was, as could be expected, the city dump. Though it is not city policy to burn at the dump any longer, someone had again set a fire that smoldered away thickly. Smoke filled the deep canyon and simply filled it on into town. The Forest Service has bee...