Silverton, United States

... closed down in 1991, and since then the town has become a tourist destination.  There are some beautiful old buildings in Silverton, and lots of craft and souveneir stores.  It finally stopped raining while we were in Silverton, and the sun came ...

... Byway" Jeep Libery odometer reads 12475.....Time: 9:30 AM Town of Ouray, CO. (Elevation is 7706) We are headed to Silverton via the four-wheel drive road over mountain peaks, near lakes, and along rock cliffs. Pretty exciting!!! It's a beautiful ...

... in the specialty stores or dine in the historic restaurants before they depart the train station at 2:45 pm. Hollywood discovered Silverton and several movies were shot on location, including Ticket to Tomahawk, Great Day in the Morning, Run for Cover, ...

... enough of the minerals to make money.  Our guide had been a contractor and had worked in the mine briefly.  Silverton was a cute little mining town and we really wanted to stay longer, but the weather was not cooperating and Kristi was feeling ...