Photos provided by The San Juan County Historical Society
Date: 1903 - Dyson Neg 11-0 - Iowa Tram Terminal at Silverton Northern RR track level, showing double track. Edith Dyson at right.
Date: Assumed autumn 1909 - View of Silverton teachers preparing to embark on an outing by team and wagon. It is presumed this was a trip which was arranged for the new teachers in the school that year.
March is Women's History Month, the perfect time to reflect on the importance of women in our county. There is no doubt, mining itself was a man's world. However, just as many women came west in search of new lives as men.Negotiating the new western world as a woman was unnerving but as a general rule, the women of mining camps were treated with respect and rarely faced danger. Rather, t...
