User:SIlvertonHistory

As I walked the streets in Silverton Colorado in 2016, I noticed brass plaques on many of the building; displaying the building's address and year built, with sited the source for this information as the "Historical Walking Tour". [Place Photo of Plaque Here] Wondering over to the San Juan County Historical Society to see if I buy a copying of the walking tour to get more details on the buildings. Oddly, the "Historical Walking Tour" mentioned on the plaques was not available, so I bought the a different book on the towns history. Which has lead in to buying dozens of books about Silverton and San Juan County Colorado, and countless web searches learning about the city's history.

It is now 2018, and I have collected huge amounts of information and photos about the people and the building of Silverton, and it surrounding ghost towns from 1880s - 1940s. Additionally, I have photos of Silverton "today" so anyone looking though the wiki pages of the old Silverton can dee what the building looks like today.

For the true history buff all facts will be well cited or credited "as a told by".

Here is a list of some of the sources I will be using.

Web Sites:

Library of Congress -- filtered on Silverton San Juan

Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection

Western Mining History

Denver Public Library -- Digital Collection

Census Records

Silverton Colorado Hillside Cemetery by Freda Carley Peterson

Books: