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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- Street Scene in Silverton, Colorado near the Bent Elbow
- A color photograph of a "real western hold-up" in Silverton, Colorado. In the photo, a large group of onlookers watch the show. The postcard is oversized, with a lengthy description on the back about tourism in Silverton.
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- Street in Silverton, Colorado
- Image shows the front sides of several buildings, with one being a shop for selling and trading horses and the other being a hotel.
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- Such a time in Silverton (Colo.)
- Leather postcard mailed July 17, 1906. Shows a man in his stocking feet, sitting on an iron bed, with his hat upside down on the floor and a bottle beside his feet on the floor.
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- Sultan Mountain
- A view of Sultan Mountain, with a mountain road and a river leading toward it. A colorized postcard, undivided back, with a white border.
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- Summer Scene at Iowa and Silver Lake Mine, altitude 12000 feet, near Silverton (Colo.)
- Black and white photograph of the Iowa and Silver Lake Mine near Silverton, Colorado.
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- Summer Scene near Silverton, Colo.
- Colored photo of Summer Scene near Silverton, Colo.
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- Summer scene near Silverton, Colo.
- Summer scene near Silverton, Colorado. About a dozen saddled mules standing amid pine trees.
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- Summer scene near Silverton, Colorado
- A summer scene of a mule train standing in a grove of pine trees.
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- Summertime in mountain meadows (Colo.)
- Yankee Boy Basin, above Ouray, Colorado.
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- Summit of Coal Bank Hill on the Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)
- On the left there are two cars parked off to the side of the road. Two people stand nearby looking towards the mountains in the distance.
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- Sunnyside Midway in Silverton, Colorado
- This is a hand-colored image of the Sunnyside Midway in Silverton, Colorado. The building is made of wooden slats and is situated on a green hillside in front of a large blue mountain range.
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- Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, Colo.
- Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, Colorado.