SILENT (RED CLOUD)

NAME: Silent (Red Cloud) COUNTY: La Paz ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T4S, R23W CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall

COMMENTS: The dugout town. REMAINS: A few foundations.

Silent's post office was established November 8, 1880 and was discontinued March 13, 1884. Silent's citizens lived in dugouts rather than wood houses. The lack of water and scarcity of lumber made this a necessity. There were three general merchandise stores, a hotel, a saloon, and a dance hall. Silent was the major town for a number of mines located inland along the stretch of the Colorado River. Its post office lasted from 1880 to 1884. The Red Cloud mine, the successor to Silent, is today the primary supplier of a mineral known as Wulfenite. Silent has a watchman on duty.

Silent Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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