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4 Porch Notes tagged “silver cliff,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Custer County
Custer County started with silver and settled into ranching
Silver Cliff and nearby camps grew from an 1870s mining rush, and when the ore played out the Wet Mountain Valley turned to hay and cattle.
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The county seat that moved three times
Custer County's seat of government started at Ula, then moved to Rosita, then Silver Cliff, and finally Westcliffe, tracing the rise and fall of each mining town.
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The faint lights of Silver Cliff Cemetery
For decades visitors have reported faint bluish-white lights drifting among the headstones at Silver Cliff Cemetery, a piece of Wet Mountain Valley folklore with a likely down-to-earth cause.
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The old town hall in Silver Cliff is now a museum
Silver Cliff's historic 1870s town hall and firehouse on Main Street holds the town's museum, where the county's mining-era story is kept.
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