On June 19, 1875, a young man named John R. Curry walked into Howardsville and announced his intention to start a newspaper. Although residents of the former county seat encouraged him to do it there, he opted to travel a little further to Silverton. In less than a month, on July 5, he came out with Volume 1, Number 1 of the LaPlata Miner. Thus was started a string of continuous newspaper publi...
