In 1974, a young trail runner from Ouray stood at the corner of Main Street and Third Avenue, where he liked to start his long runs, and decided to do something no one ever had: run all the way to Telluride over a rough mountain road.
When Rick Trujillo first ran over the Sneffels range from Ouray to Telluride in August of 1974, he never expected to chart what would become one of Colorado’s most famous mountain races. In fact, the event was accidentally created only after he was left stranded on the wrong side of Imogene Pass that fateful day.
September 6, 1973 - Ouray’s new swimming pool bathhouse is underway, in some of the most beautiful weather (dare we say it) of the entire year. The sad old bathhouse was brought crashing down, into what seemed a pitifully small pile of rubble early Wednesday morning. There was little fanfare, but a few old-timers were among several on hand to watch, and to reminisce about having helped build the first …
Dear Editor: I read with concern your article in the Aug. 24 edition of the Plaindealer about an illegal gate installed on County Road 14 by a Ouray city councilor and disguised to appear to be an official U.S. Forest Service gate. This would have denied public access on a Ouray County road to public Forest Service lands and the very popular Horsethief trailhead leading to the Bridge of Heaven …