SNOW TUNNEL, 1932

The Carl. D Curtis Hardware store in March 1932, with a tunnel driven through a snowbank. It is now Adelaide’s Antiques. Silverton was cut off from the outside world for three months during that severe winter in 1932. Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society

The Carl. D Curtis Hardware store in March 1932, with a tunnel driven through a snowbank. It is now Adelaide’s Antiques. Silverton was cut off from the outside world for three months during that severe winter in 1932. Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society