50 YEARS AGO

April 13, 1972 — Average family income was $7,245 in Ouray County, Colorado in 1969, compared with $9,555 for the state, according to a report on the 1970 Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Per capita income for the county amounted to $2,395, the report shows. The 1970 census counted 1,439 residents in the county; 4.4 percent were foreign born and 11.4 percent native born with one or both parents of foreign birth. Among the county’s 1,445 inhabitants age 5 and over in 1970, 210...