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Trail Canyon, 1895, the home of Norman Hall, Walter Hall’s dad. This beautiful home was across Trail Canyon to the left. Norman Hall and his brother Jasper had fruit orchards and shipped train loads of fruit and turkeys. They received awards on their apples at the World’s Fair. The people in the photo could have been Walter, Arthur, Lillie, Norman and wife, Jasper, wife and children. The horses and old wagon and tent are in the backyard.
Edith Tozer married Walter Hall, and they were the parents of five girls. Walter built the home prior to his marriage to Edith Tozer as he wanted his wife to have a house to call home. Their grandson, Sheldon Zwicker, resides in the home in 2020. The five girls were: Inez (Weyand); Lila (Zwicker); Rose (Mccabe) Norma “(Linderholm} and Faye (Christopher.)
The popular Ice Lake Trail will be closed for the indefinite future after a wildfire damaged the trail last week.
Courtesy of Rachel Light-Muller
The Ice Fire west of Silverton trapped more than 20 hikers at the popular Ice Lake.
Courtesy of Rachel Light-Muller
By 4:30 p.m., just two hours after arriving on scene, flight crews were able to rescue 28 hikers and three dogs.
Hikers reported the Ice Fire grew rapidly after breaking out around 11:30 a.m. Oct. 19, even burning grasses above tree line.
The Ice Fire burns west of Silverton on Oct. 19 in the San Juan Mountains. The fire scorched several hundred acres of high-elevation forest in a matter of hours, eventually burning about 600 acres before being contained.
A wildfire that broke out Oct. 19 west of Silverton quickly scorched several hundred acres above the popular Ice Lakes trailhead.
Helicopters landed along the Ice Lakes Trail to pick up 28 hikers and three dogs stranded above the Ice Fire on Oct. 19 west of Silverton.
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