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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- Snow tunnel near Silverton
- Snow tunnel near Silverton., b/w postcard.
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- Snow tunnel on Million Dollar Highway
- An automobile is approaching a tunnel on a narrow muddy stretch of the Million Dollar Highway near Ouray, Colorado.
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- Snow tunnel, Animas Canyon, Silverton, Colo.
- Snow tunnel, Animas Canyon, Silverton, Colorado, colorized postcard produced by Litho-Chrome in Germany.
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- Snow tunnel, Animas Canyon, Silverton, Colorado
- A close-up view of train tracks going into a snow tunnel, with a man standing at the right of the snow tunnel entrance at Animas Canyon near Silverton, Colorado.
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- Snowcapped La Plata Mts. - San Juan Basin, Colo.
- View of a range of the La Plata Mountains covered by snow, in the San Juan Basin of Colorado. Postmarked Feb. 27, 194[?] in Mancos. Mailed from Mom to Mr. W. R. Phillips in Long Beach, California.
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- Snowslide in Animas Canon (Silverton, Colo.)
- Snowslide in Animas Canon, Silverton, Colorado. Many workers on flat car 1236 attached to engine digging out the track with shovels after a snowslide.
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- Snowslide near Silverton, Colo.
- View of a car on a muddy road next to a large snowslide with snowy mountains in the background.
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- Snowslide near Silverton, Colo.
- Snowslide near Silverton, Colorado.
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- South Mineral Creek (near Silverton, Colo.)
- Mountain in the distance. Trees framing the photo. South Mineral Creek flowing through.
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- Souvenir of the Million Dollar Highway and Western Colorado
- Souvenir postcard packet depicting 18 images from western Colorado and along the Million Dollar Highway.
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- Spud Mt. from the Coal Bank Section of the Million Dollar Hwy., Colo.
- View taken from the dirt road leading to Coal Bank Pass with Spud Mountain prominent in the background.
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- Stage Road, Silverton, Col.
- A colored photograph of Stage Road, in Silverton, Colorado. A steep drop off can be seen right next to the road. Powerlines can also be seen in the background.