Silverton (Extracted from www.historylink.org, written by David Cameron and Louise Lindgren, )ct 07, 2010) In the summer of 1891, gold, silver, and copper were found in the mountains south of Silverton, first called Camp Independence. A rush to the valley ensued. A supply trail was cut down the river to Granite Falls, then a townsite laid out and platted in 1893. With construction of the railway that summer, access to the isolated community became far easier. Mining languished during the following depression. It picked up again with new discoveries on Deer Creek and Helena Peak to the north, failed during the railroad washout years of 1897-1900, then revived briefly at the beginning of the twentieth century. At half the elevation of Monte Cristo and on the way to Big Four Inn, Silverton never completely faded away. A few families and old bachelors from the mining years remained until the Mt. Loop Highway brought easier contact with the outside in 1938. Mining also flurried in the later 1920s and prior to World War II in Silver Gulch south of town. Surrounded by national forest land and bordered on the north by the Boulder River Wilderness Area since 1984, Silverton still has a small but hardy year-round population. Silverton, Snohomish County, 1920s Courtesy Granite Falls Museum (Image No. 2005.56.8) Erik and Albert Shedin in their store, Silverton, 1940s Courtesy Darrington Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service , OCR Text: Silverton (Extracted from www.historylink.org, written by David Cameron and Louise Lindgren, )ct 07, 2010) In the summer of 1891, gold, silver, and copper were found in the mountains south of Silverton, first called Camp Independence. A rush to the valley ensued. A supply trail was cut down the river to Granite Falls, then a townsite laid out and platted in 1893. With construction of the railway that summer, access to the isolated community became far easier. Mining languished during the following depression. It picked up again with new discoveries on Deer Creek and Helena Peak to the north, failed during the railroad washout years of 1897-1900, then revived briefly at the beginning of the twentieth century. At half the elevation of Monte Cristo and on the way to Big Four Inn, Silverton never completely faded away. A few families and old bachelors from the mining years remained until the Mt. Loop Highway brought easier contact with the outside in 1938. Mining also flurried in the later 1920s and prior to World War II in Silver Gulch south of town. Surrounded by national forest land and bordered on the north by the Boulder River Wilderness Area since 1984, Silverton still has a small but hardy year-round population. Silverton, Snohomish County, 1920s Courtesy Granite Falls Museum (Image No. 2005.56.8) Erik and Albert Shedin in their store, Silverton, 1940s Courtesy Darrington Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),Mapping Articles,P-T,Silverton.pdf,Silverton.pdf Page 1, Silverton.pdf Page 1