In some places, the past does not slide into history’s shadow: It lingers, to remind us what it takes to keep a community together.
By all rights, Silverton, Colo., should be a ghost town: It was nearly wiped out by avalanches, epidemics, and the busts that followed boom times. In summer this isolated village is filled with tourists, and in winter adventure skiers and snowboarders test the surrounding mountains, but only 638 people live here year-round.
