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In September 1940, Russell Lee, a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, took several photos in San Juan County, including this one of downtown Eureka, by then abandoned. The collection is now housed in the Library of Congress. Photo Courtesy of the San Juan Historical Society

In September 1940, Russell Lee, a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, took several photos in San Juan County, including this one of downtown Eureka, by then abandoned. The collection is now housed in the Library of Congress. Photo Courtesy of the San Juan Historical Society

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From the September 4, 1879 edition of the Dolores News (Rico): From La Plata Miner JAMES M. BROWN, OF SILVERTON, MURDERED BY A TRAMP NAMED HARRY CLEARY.

Full Details of the Proceedings Before the Coroner. N.W.

Ward Receives A Serious and Probably Fatal Wound in the Affray. Our town was thrown into a state of intense excitement last Tuesday evening by the rapid discharge of ten or a dozen pistol shot…