On a pleasant, late summer’s day in Silverton, Colorado, San Juan County Sheriff Virgil Mason and local business owner Otto … More
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The Blackest Week: When the Spanish Influenza brought death to Silverton
James Edward Cole was thirty-six years old when he died. You might say he was in the prime of his … More
The War for the Roads
This story by Jonathan P. Thompson ran in the Silverton Mountain Journal in winter of 2002. Given the historic avalanche … More
Jonathan P. Thompson 