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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- Wells Fargo - Pony Express (Silverton, Colo.)
- Wells Fargo building, several people standing outside.
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- Wells Fargo - Pony Express Saloon (Silverton, Colo.)
- Life-like characters of the old west carved from wood decorate a saloon on Blair Street in Silverton, Colorado.
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- Western Colorado Power Co. Plant at Tacoma (near Silverton, Colo.)
- Power plant set in front of the treed mountains with a river or stream in front.
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- Western Colorado has everything but ... you!
- Reenactment of a gun fight on the main street of Silverton
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- Where the Million Dollar Highway starts (Ouray, Colo.)
- There is a town on the right side of the image. On the left is a road that travels up a mountain. Large mountains are in the distance. Actual photo print.
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- Whittlesey's Silverton Souvenir Shoppe (Silverton, Colo.)
- A souvenir shop with two people in costume standing in front. A letter is written on the back of this postcard.
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- Wild Rocky Mountain sheep
- Wild Rocky Mountain Sheep.
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- Winter Vista of Red Mountain on U.S. Hiway 550, between Ouray & Silverton, Colo.
- Winter vista of Red Mountain on U.S. Highway 550, between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado.
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- Winter on the Million Dollar Highway
- View of Mt. Abrams as seen from the north on the Million Dollar Highway between Ouray and Silverton, with old metal mining buildings in the foreground.
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- Winter scene - Red Mt. Pass - Silverton, Colo.
- View of a plowed but still snow-covered mountain road.
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- Winter shadows
- Winter shadows work their magic on the slopes of Red Mountain in Southwestern Colorado.
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- Winter time on the Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)
- A blue car travels along a snowy road. Snow covers the mountains and area around the road.