Broken treaties with the Utes paved the way for San Juan silver rush

Broken treaties with the Utes paved the way for #Colorado’s 1870s San Juan silver rush: Thousands flocked to boomtowns like #Ouray and #Silverton as Colorado neared statehood — Chase Woodruff (ColoradoNewsline.com)

Silverton, Colorado is pictured in this William Henry Jackson photograph dated between 1876 and 1880. (Courtesy of Denver Public Library Digital Collections, X-1717) Click the link to read the article on the Colorado Newsline website (Chase Woodruff): January 30, 2026 In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for cen…

Broken treaties with the Utes paved the way for San Juan silver rush

In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries.