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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- Silverton-Eureka Road=May 1st
- White bordered photo of a car attempting to climb the Silverton-Eureka road on May 1st. Walls of snow are piled high on each side of the road.
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- Silverton-Red Mountain Wagon Road
- Photograph of a team of mules pulling a wagonload of supplies.
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- Smedleys Ice Cream Parlor & The Pickle Barrel
- Color postcard of Smeldey's Ice Cream Parlor in Silverton, Colorado.
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- Sneffles Range from Upper Bear Creek
- View of the Sneffles Range from Upper Bear Creek, with a treeless valley in the foreground.
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- Snow Slide on the Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)
- A plow pushes through snow cover on the side of a mountain and road. Actual photo print.
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- Snow bound near Ouray, Colo.
- A black and white photograph of train, horses, and people in a valley near Ouray, Colorado. The train looks like it might be stuck in the snow and the people and horses might be trying to get it out. On the side of the mountain, fallen trees and sliding snow are visible. Conditions look dangerous.
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- Snow covered Silverton.
- Black and white photograph postcard of snow almost covering the Silverton town sign. Snow covered mountains can be seen in the background along with a clear sky.
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- Snow on the Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)
- Snow dusts several mountains and covers the majority of the road on the side of one mountain.
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- Snow plow at work (Silverton, Colo.)
- Actual photo print. A snow plow that looks like a train plows through thick snow.
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- Snow plow at work (Silverton, Colo.), 1920
- Locomotive engine covered by a snow slide, with several men standing on and around the engine. Nothing was written on the back of this postcard, which is an actual photo print.
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- Snow scene on the Million Dollar Highway, Colo.
- A real photo view of a partially plowed road with a locomotive (?) in the snow to the right and a man standing on a snow bank behind.
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- Snow slide in Silverton, Colorado.
- A black and white photograph of a snow slide spanning the river near Animas Canon taken in March 1909, in Silverton, Colorado. A man can be seen standing on the snow slide looking at the river.