Volume 4: Silverton & Animas Canyon
Silverton, Colorado, is a National Historic Landmark nestled in the high San Juan mountains. According to the Town of Silverton, it became a center for the many regional silver and gold mining camps in 1874. The town has a rowdy “Old West” past that its residents are happy to say hasn’t entirely left. Silverton is found along the San Juan Skyway, which includes the “Million Dollar Highway,” supposedly one of the most dangerous roads in the U.S. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway travels to Durango except in the winter when the risk of avalanches is too great. At an elevation of 9,318 feet, tourists visit Silverton for year-round outdoor activities and to experience a bit of an old mining town. (source)
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- High school (Silverton, Colo.)
- Silverton High School. A three-story brick building.
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- Highland Mary Mill in Silverton, Colorado.
- A colored black and white postcard of Highland Mary Mill. Miners and donkeys can be seen standing in front of the mine.
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- Historic Narrow Gauge Train Crossing the River of Lost Souls near Silverton.
- Photograph of the narrow gauge railroad crossing the Animas River near Silverton, high in the rugged San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado. The 90-mile round trip from Durango is made daily in the tourist season.
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- Hollywood Street, Silverton, Colorado
- Image shows "Hollywood Street" and the Free State Saloon and Chinese Laudry shops in Silverton, Colorado.
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- Hollywood Street- Silverton, Colo.
- There is a view of a mountain from Hollywood Street in Silverton, Colorado. The foreground is taken up by a long, empty street that is lined with buildings and a few parked cars.
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- I'm on the Hog Silverton
- A leather postcard depicting a man in a hat riding on the back of a hog.
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- Ice Lake Falls - South Mineral Creek (Silverton, Colo.)
- South Mineral Creek flowing over Ice Lake Falls.
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- Idarado Mine on the Million Dollar Highway, Colo.
- View of a number of Idarado Mine buildings near Red Mountain Pass. View is looking toward the north down the Uncompahgre Gorge with the mine structures in the foreground.
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- Ignacio, Lake, Durango, Colo.
- View of Ignacio Lake with trees and distant mountains in the background.
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- Interior Monte Carlo Mercantile Co., Silverton, Colorado.
- A color photograph of the interior of the Monte Carlo Mercantile Co., in Silverton, Colorado.
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- Interior of Bent Elbow (Colo.)
- Inside The Bent Elbow on Blair Street in Silverton, Colorado. Costumed people are sitting, drinking and talking.
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- Interior of Bent Elbow, Blair Street (Silverton, Colo.)
- Only a coat of paint has been added to change the atmosphere of this old bar (the Bent Elbow) famous in the early 1880's as one of Blair Street's liveliest spots. Remnants of its glorious past serve to make this a favorite attraction to Summer visitors.