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Way up yonder in the tundra ...

August 2020 got off to a definitely dry start. We had .01 on the2nd and only a trace on three occasions during our first full weather week. That’s the way it was Wednesday the 5th. We started out at 35.2 degrees then warmed up to 76.

COVID testing in San Juan County

To date, since May 4, San Juan County Public Health has performed 28 PCR diagnostic tests and 25 point of care antigen tests, (quick test result that has less validity and each test is sent to the state to confirm a negative result) for those with symptoms.

MOUNTAIN HAPPENINGS

Wednesday, Aug. 19 • Silverton Town Board Work Session – Town Goals and Objectives. 5:30 p.m. August 24, 2020 – Regular Board Meeting, 7:00pm Monday, Aug. 24 • Silverton Town Board, 7 p.m., via Zoom conference. Ongoing Silverton Farmers Market, 8 a.m.

MOUNTAIN HAPPENINGS

Thursday, July 23 • Silver Lake Story Map presentation, 6:30 p.m., on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2783679183?p-wd=NXZEVnlqWHkyc2l2V2x-qdHZSN1Urdz09 Monday, July 27 • Silverton Town Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall. Ongoing Silverton Farmers Market, 8 a.m.

Looking Back

Five Years Ago July 23, 2015 The Silverton Northern Railroad Committee is working towards placing up to 300 feet of track this summer on the recently constructed grade near the Powerhouse. This stretch of track will serve as an interpretive center for the historic line.

WAY BACK!

140 YEARS AGO From the July 24, 1880 edition of the (Rico) Dolores News: LABORERS WANTED. 1,000 men to work on the construction of the Denver and Rio Grande railway from Alamosa to Silverton and from Conejos to Albuquerque. Apply for further information to J.A.

MOUNTAIN HAPPENINGS

Saturday, June 27 • San Juan County Historical Society “Just Us” Cemetery Work Day, 10 a.m., Hillside Cemetery. July 11-12 The Kendall Mountain Run & Silverton Alpine Marathon will be taking place this year July 11 & 12, with Town & County approved COVID-19 mitigation measures.

Looking Back

Five Years Ago June 15, 2015 A 19-year-old Durango man died on Saturday after falling into a stream that flows beneath a snow field he was walking on near Chattanooga, just below Red Mountain Pass. “The man walked up the snow field and slipped on an incline into water underneath.

WAY BACK!

130 YEARS AGO From the June 28, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: ‘HIS BURROSHIP' RETIRES AFTER 600-FOOT FALL. Louis Wyman has the curiosity of the San Juan in the shape of a burro who has fallen over a six hundred foot precipice and is alive today.