A stagecoach approaches the Hotel Imperial from lower Greene Street. This would have been a coach making regular trips between Silverton and Ouray. The view shows a street ditch and wooden sidewalks in front of the hotel, a hanging streetlamp, and business buildings in the 1100 block of Greene Street, east side, in the background. Photo courtesy of the San Juan County Historical Society
Way Back!
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.
THE WRONG WAY.
During the past week, six or eight persons have arrived in Silverton who were told that the only way to get …
