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photo by Sarah Moore Silverton locals Natalie Platt & Lucy Mulvihil celebrate with SJDA with a party thrown at the El Bandito by showing off the new sticker featuring the sign.

photo by Sarah Moore Silverton locals Natalie Platt & Lucy Mulvihil celebrate with SJDA with a party thrown at the El Bandito by showing off the new sticker featuring the sign.

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SILVERTON SOCIETY

News Staff
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Have a Birthday, anniversary, milestone, engagement, marriage or even a divorce to celebrate? Send us your Silverton Society news and photos to editor@thesilvertonstandard.com.

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Looking Back!

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Thursday, September 25, 2025
20 Years Ago September 23, 2005 Following many trials and tribulations, construction of the Silverton Family Learning Center’s preschool and child care facility is finally entering the home stretch.
Sarah Head of Austin Texas, was here visiting Silverton local Lisa Risoli and they enjoyed many mountain hikes. Photo Credit

Sarah Head of Austin Texas, was here visiting Silverton local Lisa Risoli and they enjoyed many mountain hikes. Photo Credit

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Silverton Society

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Sarah Head of Austin Texas, was here visiting Silverton local Lisa Risoli and they enjoyed many mountain hikes. El Bandito owner Mario Letyaf and Feile Brown performed live music on the patio this past Saturday. Silverton local Morgan Duff got married this weekend!
SFLC seeks snack sponsors

SFLC seeks snack sponsors

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SFLC seeks snack sponsors

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
The Silverton Family Learning Center, serving children from 6 weeks to 4 years old, is committed to providing nourishing, allergen-free snacks for all of our students.
Photo by Christine Fonner Congratulations to Silverton Local Christine Fonner PhD on achieving a doctorate in Organizational Leadership. YOU DID IT!

Photo by Christine Fonner Congratulations to Silverton Local Christine Fonner PhD on achieving a doctorate in Organizational Leadership. YOU DID IT!

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Silverton Society

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Have a Birthday, anniversary, milestone, engagement, marriage or even a divorce to celebrate? Send us your Silverton Society news and photos to editor@thesilvertonstandard.com.
San Juan County Historical Society photo Photo of Casey Jones in the making. Hans Tanstad was the one-legged master carpenter; mechanics at Sunnyside Mill who worked on “Casey” were Clyde Jones, Speedy Jennings, Horace Seace.

San Juan County Historical Society photo Photo of Casey Jones in the making. Hans Tanstad was the one-legged master carpenter; mechanics at Sunnyside Mill who worked on “Casey” were Clyde Jones, Speedy Jennings, Horace Seace.

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Way Back!

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
115 years ago From the August 25, 1900 edition of the Silverton Standard: EXTRACTS FROM THE GLADSTONE KIBOSH. Our local blacksmith is using part of his shop for dental parlors. He has no chair at present.

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Looking Back!

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
30 Years Ago August 31, 1995 Silverton and vicinity were featured on television Sunday night, in one segment of a National Geographic program called “Violent Planet.” The segment focused on our avalanches rather than our scheduled gunfights.
Pray For Rain!

Pray For Rain!

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Pray For Rain!

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Thursday, July 31, 2025
Another .13 measured this weather week brings us up to .52 for the month of July. Every drop of water is a blessing! Plenty of us mountain folk pray for rain. We welcome you to do likewise.
Bringing more traffic off Highway 550 will bolster downtown Silverton’s economy .

Bringing more traffic off Highway 550 will bolster downtown Silverton’s economy .

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Campaign to Raise Money for New Town Entry Signs Kicks Off

Deanne Gallegos
Thursday, July 31, 2025
After many years of the Town of Silverton’s entry signs showing distress and falling apart literally, San Juan Development Association, in partnership with the Silverton Chamber of Commerce and San Juan County, started a fundraising campaign to redo and install new metal town entry signs.

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Looking Back!

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Thursday, July 31, 2025
20 Years Ago July 29, 2005 This weekend the San Juan County Historical Society celebrates its first 40 years of existence with a grand opening ceremony for its new Mining Heritage Center and a screening of the film “Castles in the Clouds.
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