Way Back!

From the Aug, 2, 1879 edition of the La Plata Miner:

THE RUSH IS ON.

The rush over to Dolores by the Howard’s Fork route continues to increase. Men on horse-back, men on foot and men with wheel barrows are all flocking over to the new carbonate discoveries on the Dolores.

THE WRONG WAY.

During the past week, six or eight persons have arrived in Silverton who were told that the only way to get here was…