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  • The first Howardsville baby who lived to maturity, Charley Pearson, is pictured in the arms of his mother, Ella Bleeder Pearson, outside the family cabin on the Little Nation Mill Site during the summer of 1880. John Pearson is standing in the shadow of the cabin. Charley Pearson eventually became the San Juan County Judge as a resident of Silverton after the turn of the century. Cindy Buckner from the Caroline Pearson Tookey Collection
    The first Howardsville baby who lived to maturity, Charley Pearson, is pictured in the arms of his mother, Ella Bleeder Pearson, outside the family cabin on the Little Nation Mill Site during the summer of 1880. John Pearson is standing in the shadow of the cabin. Charley Pearson eventually became the San Juan County Judge as a resident of Silverton after the turn of the century. Cindy Buckner from the Caroline Pearson Tookey Collection
From the January 23, 1897 edition of the Silverton Standard: POWDER HOUSE POSES A DANGER. It is reported that in a long disused powder house up the creek, there are upwards of four tons of old giant powder lying around loose. The door of the powder house is unlocked, thereby allowing anyone egress to the dangerous stuff, which doesn’t appear to have an owner. The authorities should attend to…

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