Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society A group of Navajo railroad laborers in Eureka, pictured just northwest of the old Sunnyside Mill. The laborers worked on extending the Silverton Northern Railroad from Eureka to Animas Forks in the summer of 1903, 120 years ago.
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From the August 22, 1891 edition of the Silverton Standard: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING LICENSES.
Be it ordained by the board of trustees of the town of trustees, that the avocations to be licensed in this town and the amounts to be paid for such license shall be as follows: Hucksters and peddlers shall pay fifty dollars per annum and for shorter periods five dollars per day. Liver...
