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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- Main Street, Silverton, Colo.
- Eye level perspective view of Main St. in Silverton, Colo.
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- Mayflower Mill - Silverton, Colo.
- Mayflower Mill, Silverton, Colorado.
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- Mayflower Mill - Silverton, Colo.
- Mayflower Mill, Silverton, Colorado.
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- Mayflower Mill of the Shenandoah-Dives Mine, Silverton, Colo.
- Mayflower Mill of the Shenandoah-Dives Mine, Silverton, Colorado.
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- McCluskey's Silverton, Colorado
- A color photograph of McCluskey's store, with the description, "The store with everything for everybody" located in Silverton, Colorado.
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- Micky Breen Mine and Pough Kepsie Gulch
- Vertical photos of a flowing river valley. Written on the back, "North of Silverton, Colorado southeast of Ouray."
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- Mill Creek Lodge (between Silverton and Durango, Colo.)
- Photo of a building with a blue car parked in front. Mountains in the distance.
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- Mill Creek Lodge between Silverton and Durango, Colorado
- Image of Mill Creek Lodge, a log cabin along the highway between Silverton and Durango, Colorado. Mountains can be seen in the background.
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- Million Dollar Highway
- Million Dollar Highway winds next to a mountain with some telephone poles that go along side of it on the left.
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- Million Dollar Highway
- Million Dollar Highway with an older car going each direction and some telephone poles on the left side/
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- Million Dollar Highway
- A black and white photo looking down on the million dollar highway, and a waterfall (bear creek falls) coming out from under the road.
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- Million Dollar Highway
- A color postcard of a road that winds between two mountains with some more mountains in the background.