Front Page History
A look at the top stories from the archives of the Winslow Mail

20 years ago

It was announced this week in 1985 that scientist discovered the bones of a phytosaurs among the fossilized wood in Petrified Forest National Park.

At 20 feet long, the crocodile-like creature was the largest skeleton found among some 200 species of plants and animals in the park.

Phytosaurs fossils are by far the most numerous vertebrates found at Petrified Forest. Phytosaurs were primitive members of the ruling class of animals at that time, the reptiles, including the dinosaurs and their ancestors.

49 years ago

Mining of manganese ore began in Long Valley southwest of Winslow this week in 1956. The Last Chance Mining Co. owned the only manganese mine in Arizona and shipped the ore from Winslow to Forth Worth, Texas so the federal government could stockpile the valuable mineral used in processing of steel. Company officials said they could extract 2,000 tons of raw ore per day and process about 200 tons per day.

The mine had been worked off and on over the previous four decades.

72 years ago

In the midst of the Great Depression, service station and garage owners of Winslow agreed to form a trade organization to fix prices for service, labor and storage in accordance to the federal National Recovery Act this week in 1933.

The Garage and Service Station Owners and Operators Organization of Winslow's Trade Area along with many similar organizations around the country to set prices that would prevent the abuse of commercial and wholesale costs of gasoline and related services. Winslow's retailers formed a similar trade organization the week before.

Among the published costs was a flat rate on labor at $1.75 per hour. Car washes ranged from $1 for Fords and Chevrolets to $2.50 for Rolls Royces.

83 years ago

Work was to finally begin this week in 1922 to pave the first city streets in Winslow. Construction was planned to follow the National Old Trails road. This route would begin at the western city border on Second Street to Williamson; then north to Third and east to the eastern border. Streets were to be 18-feet wide. The Contract went to Warren Brothers for approximately $43,000, of which $20,000 was from federal grants.

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