From the May 16, 1884 edition of the (Ouray) Solid Muldoon: IN SILVERTON, EMPTY BEAN CANS ARE YET TO BLOOM.
Gathering wild flowers is the popular caper for the belles and beaux, and the mountain sides are fragrant and radiate with them. Poor Silverton, the snow has not disappeared sufficiently to allow the empty bean cans to show up, but if the weather continues warm they will have flowers late in …
