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| Main Street of Silverton, Colorado © Doug Hickok All Rights Reserved (Click on image for larger view) The small town of Silverton began as a silver mining camp in the 1870's. But the past evolves into present and instead of mules and horses tied-up in front of these establishments, pickup trucks and SUVs park. Instead of communicating to the outside world via telegraph, there is satellite TV, and instead of mining for silver, they mine for tourists (the area is now a National Historic District). To add a bit of local color denizens dress-up in period costumes, playing their part of the Old West. |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Go West XXXIV - Silverton
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Wonderful contrasts Doug!
ReplyDeleteI love such small, traditional towns..
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether it looked so colorful in the past?
Probably not, but now looks charmingly.
Excellent picture, allowing us to feel like in the Wild West
Fantastic colours for the desert. We also have a town in outback NSW called Silverton founded on silver mining. It was used as a set for filming Mad Max. I visited once and was surprised to find wild camels roaming through the dust.
ReplyDeleteI wonder wheter it was also so colorful in the old times...
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Like a scene from old films..... I did look for the horses.
ReplyDeletePerfect location for some many photo shots.
Could have been even fashion shots here:)
Positively delightful. Terrific way to pull in tourists, but Ola has a point about the past.
ReplyDeletewould you dress up if you lived there? like wild bill, perhaps?
ReplyDeletelovely frame in perfect light
ReplyDeleteFantastic photograph, fantastic colours. I am greeting
ReplyDeletethe same old colourful saloons, but with very different horses tethered in front ...
ReplyDeleteI like your POV in this shot very much Doug... i see that you are still enjoying your tour of the old west... keep safe and avoid any man carrying a gun outside his pants lol:)....peter:)
ReplyDeletevery cool town. lots of history there
ReplyDeleteNice vivid colors. Great setting. Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful mix of the historic and modern times. The colours of the buildings are very bold, the hills provide an interesting backdrop. Very well composed Doug.
ReplyDeleteI love these old houses, looking like in a Western moovie.
ReplyDeleteSparsely covered bluffs overlooking colourful wooden houses. Perfect, just how I imagined the (not so) Wild West to be.
ReplyDeletethose storefronts still look charming though.. nice shot! :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful painted houses: they offer a great combination of colors with the green hills and the blue sky. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day.