The Phillips 66 station at the wye is pictured during the flood of September 1970. Standing on the back of the truck is Jim Melcher. Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society
Way Back!
From the Sept. 18, 1897 edition of the Silverton Standard: BURGLAR TURNS OUT TO BE A DESTITUTE WOMAN.
There was quite a commotion Wednesday night between the hours of eight and nine o’clock when Mrs. James Owen reported to officer Stroupe that the house of Mr. Hines, who with his wife was at Pinkerton Springs, was being robbed. Every musket and shot gun in town was taken down and brought into play.…
