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Snowden, First Resident of Silverton and First Cabin built 1874.
Photo Courtesy: Western Mining History
From the Sept. 20, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT DAVIS IN SILVERTON FIGHT.
About 500 people were present at the prize fight last Saturday afternoon, but the affair was not what it was cracked up to be and proved to be all one-sided.
The people gathered at the Martha Rose smelter and at 4:15 Davis appeared and took a seat outside the ring. ...
