FIRE AT THE SUNNYSIDE. Fire engulfs buildings at the Sunnyside Mine on April 19, 1919. The boarding house is on the right. San Juan County Historical Society photos
Men prepare to pull their belongings to Eureka following the fire. The huge man at the right was known as “the Silverton Giant” and was reportedly more than 7 feet tall, but no other information about him could be found.
Way Back!
Way Back!
From the April 29, 1922 edition of the Silverton Standard: EDITOR SHOT DEAD IN DURANGO NEWSPAPER WAR.
The entire basin country was shocked when Rod S. Day, editor of the Democrat, shot and killed Wm. L. Wood, city editor of the Herald, on the principal street in Durango, the home of both men, shortly before noon Monday. A brief but heated discussion had arisen between the two men, following referen…
