Sitting Pretty in Silver Plume Sweatshirt

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"Sitting Pretty in Silver Plume" is a photograph of an early 50's Chevy in the semi-ghost town of Silver Plume, Colorado. The elements have give the vehicle beautiful tones. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District comprises Silver Plume, the neighboring Town of Georgetown, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns.

The Pelican mine gave rise to this town in 1870. A neighboring mine, the Dive, was so close the owners of the mines fought daily about each other encroaching on "their" vein underground. Silver Plume had its own newspaper, the Coloradoan, and it was reported the town was plagued by fire on numerous occasions. A story is told of Clifford Griffin,one of the miners that worked there whose fiance was found dead on the eve of their wedding. He came west to forget everything and after mining all d...

I was born and raised in the Metropolitan New York City area of New Jersey but have lived in Arizona for forty years. After retiring from high school counseling and teaching, I discovered the joy of photography and digital art. Although I strive to get the shot right in the camera, I enjoy the artistic and creative aspects of working with image editing programs. Capturing the beauty of God's creation with landscape photography was my first passion. I thank God for his creations and that I am fortunate enough to see and capture a part of them with my camera. I have also come to enjoy many other facets of photography, such as wildlife, American Western, farm, church, and ghost town photography. I take great pleasure in traveling and...