Way Back!
Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society Four children ride a burro on 10th Street around 1920.The burro’s name was Paragron, owned by Kate Brown, mother of Nellie Jane Hill, In the background are F.O. Sherwood building (now the Avon Hotel) and the old fire siren tower on the alley between Greene and Blair. Note the original cornice on the Avon building (not replaced after a fire in the 1930s).
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 horseback, men on foot and men with wheelbarrows are all flocking over to the new carbonate discoveries on the Dolores.
During the past week, six or eight persons have arrived in Silverton who were told that the only ...
