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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- City Hall, Silverton, Colorado
- A sepia postcard of City Hall in Siverton, Colorado.
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- City of Eureka Colo
- First of 11 of cards writen by Edgar, a Sepia Picture of Eureka Colo. The letter is Addressed to his Father.
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- Clearing a snow slide, Silverton, Colorado
- Real photo print. A group of people climbing a snow covered mountain. A creek/river flows near the mountain.
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- Clearing roads, Silverton, Colo.
- Clearing roads, Silverton, Colorado, a real photo black and white postcard.
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- Clearing the Mother Cline Slide Million Dollar Highway
- Picture of men clearing out snow on the Million Dollar highway in Bulldozers
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- Clearing the line for "The Silverton" Narrow Gauge Passenger Train
- A black and white postcard of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trying to make its way through the mountain in all the snow. There are snow covered mountains on both sides of the postcard and what appears to be a frozen river in between the mountains on the left side of the postcard and the train.
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- Cloud scene in Cunningham Gulch, near Silverton, Colo.
- Cloud scene in Cunningham Gulch, near Silverton, Colorado, b/w postcard. Postmarked August 15, 1906; mailed to Miss Anna M. Thompson in Kansas City (crossed off and written in pencil: Odessa), Missouri. Produced by Excelsior, in Leipzig, Germany. We also have a second of this postcard, written on, on the picture side, and mailed also.
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- Coal bank section of the Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)
- View of a road with trees on either side and a mountain in the distance.
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- Coalbank Section, D. S. O. Highway, Colo.
- Coalbank Section D. S. O. Highway, Colorado.
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- Coalbank section of the Million Dollar Highway, Colo.
- A wintertime view of the Coalbank section of the Million Dollar Highway.
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- Colorado
- Color image of Engineer Mountain in the background fronted by a mesa and trees.
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- Colorado
- View of Engineer Mountain near Coal Bank Pass between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.