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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- Mt. Abram, Alt. 12,800 ft.
- Color image taken during the fall of Mt. Abram from a river view. Trees along the side of the river are in the process of changing, seeing colors of green, orange, yellow and red. Mt. Abram has snow on top of it in the background of the image. On back it reads, "Mt. Abram, elevation 12800 feet, and Uncompahgre River in the San Juan Mountains of Western Colorado, between Silverton and Ouray."
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- Mt. Abram, Ouray - Silverton Stage Road (Colo.)
- View of a mountain in the distance. Several trees decorate a valley between the mountains. A letter is written to the side of the image.
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- Mt. Abram- Million Dollar Highway, Colo.
- Black and white photo of a snow topped Mt. Abram seen through two adjacent mountains.
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- Mt. Abram. Ouray - Silverton Stage Road (Colo.)
- Photograph of Mount Abram, Ouray, Colorado, showing several people in horse drawn carriages traveling the Silverton Stage Road.
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- Mt. Abrams viewed from the Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)
- A road travels along the side of a mountain. Two cars drive along the road. To the right and also in the distance are two other mountains.
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- Mt. Houghton, Animas Forks, Silverton, Colo.
- Vertical color tinted postcard showing a river valley. Postcard made in Germany
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- Mt. Houghton, Animas Forks, Silverton, Colo.
- Mt. Houghton, Animas Forks, Silverton, Colorado, b/w postcard written on May 17, 1907 but postmarked on May 25, 1907 in Moline, Illinois. Produced by Excelsior, in Leipzig, Germany.
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- Mt. Kendall and Silverton, Colo.
- A color photograph of Silverton, Colorado with a focus on one of the mountains above the town. The town of Silverton can be seen at the bottom of the photograph.
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- Mt. Kendall and city hall (Silverton, Colo.)
- City hall with mountain in the background.
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- Mt. Kendall, Silverton, Colo.
- A wintertime view of Mount Kendall in the distance and a snow-filled valley in between.
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- Mt. Kendall, overlooking Silverton, Colo.
- Mt. Kendall overlooking Silverton.
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- Mt. Kendall- Silverton, Colo.
- Black and white picuture of a mountain and a road.