Silverado Canyon
Hidden in the Santa Ana Mountains below Santiago Peak is a canyon called Silverado. The Spaniards called it Canon de la Madera because of the abundance of timber. The first non-native homesteaders arrived in 1876 to tend bees and grow fruit trees. With the discovery in 1877 of quartz deposits embedded with silver, the canyon became a hotbed of activity, with possibilities of newfound fortune for the hundreds of men who arrived there. Renamed Silverado City, the heart of the canyon turned into a bustling mining town. After the silver bust, peace and quiet returned and Silverado was promoted as a health resort, a place to atake the watersa that…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7385-5962-9
- EAN: 9780738559629
- Produktnummer: 3977663
- Verlag: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 127 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.5 cm x D1.3 cm 386 g
- Gewicht: 386
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