Million Dollar Highway (Colo.) -- Postcards
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Silverton, Colorado. Terminal of the Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, visited each summer by thousands of tourists who ride the train then drive over the Million Dollar Highway pictured here to see more of the high country.
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The text reads, "The famed Million Dollar Highway winds around a precipitous outcropping between Ouray and Silverton Colorado. Travelers over the paved highway marvel at the scenic grandeur and recall the tales of the building of the highway many years ago by Otto Mears."
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On the right is a red/brown side of a mountain. On the left and in the distance is a mountain covered in green tree life.
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Black and white photograph of Silverton, Colorado, taken from the Million Dollar Highway above the town.
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Mountains overlooking the town. You can see the streets in the town. A tree on the left side frames the photo.
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Color postcard of a car driving through the mountains.
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A color postcard of a road with mountains and clouds in the background.
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Silverton, Colorado, is a National Historic Landmark nestled in the high San Juan mountains. According to the Town of Silverton, it became a center for the many regional silver and gold mining camps in 1874. The town has a rowdy “Old West” past that its residents are happy to say hasn’t entirely left. Silverton is found along the San Juan Skyway, which includes the “Million Dollar Highway,” supposedly one of the most dangerous roads in the...
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Ouray, Colorado, and the Ouray - Silverton highway.
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Winter vista of Red Mountain on U.S. Highway 550, between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado.
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Red Mountain in Fall Scene on the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado.
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Tunnel on the Million Dollar highway (U.S. #550) in Uncompahgre Gorge between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado.
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Electra Lake and Engineer Mountain on the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Durango, Colorado.
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This small mountain lake with the Needle Mountains in the background can be viewed just East of the Million Dollar Highway between Durango and Silverton, Colorado, a few miles before the highway descends into Silverton.
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Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado.
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Million Dollar Highway - Ouray - Silverton, Colorado.
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Chattanooga Valley. The Million Dollar Highway winds through colorful Chattanooga Valley between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado. Mighty Sultan Mountain looms in the distance.
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Uncompahgre Gorge on the famous Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550) through the San Juan Mountains between Silverton and Ouray in southwestern Colorado.
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Scene on the Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550) as it traverses Uncompahgre Gorge between Silverton and Ouray in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado
