Independence brought me to this land
where I could work with heavy hand
and I could rely on my own self
reliant not on communal help
“Self-made” is my battle cry
when criticized by freedoms’ lies
if I, too, could get to where I am
it’s not my fault their “can’t” replaced my “can”
Success is...
A horse drawn cart makes it way over the Bear Creek Falls Bridge and Toll House on the Silverton-Ouray road in 1907. Courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society
From the January 11, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard:
THE DEVIL IN SILVERTON.
Rev. J.W. King of the Congregational church, will review the poem “Satan’s First Visit to Silverton” on Sunday evening. The subject of the sermon will be “The Devil in Silverton.