Photo courtesy of Silverton School The Silverton High School class of 1939. Top row, from left: Ernest Quick, Florence V. Wing, Lelia M. Grimes, Adrian Hill. Bottom row, from left: Mary J. Cain, Barent Johnson, Lillian Tiffany, Pauline Trontel.
Way Back!
Our lively little contem. from Silverton — the La Plata Miner — is already reveling in “Reminiscences,” although but forty-three weeks old.
From the May 24, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: PRISONERS LIKELY TO WALK OFF WITH JAIL.
The county commissioners will doubtless with interest read the report of the grand jury upon the county jail.
First thing they know some prisoner will carry the jail …