New Yorker who was a native of Aspen, Colorado Bill Alsup, former IndyCar driver In popular culture In the novel The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson, the main setting is in Silverton. Country singer C. W. McCall recorded "The Silverton," about the Silverton and Durango Railroad, on his 1975 album Black Bear Road. Night Passage (1957) was filmed in Silverton and Durango, Colorado. Shaun White's secret training facility for the Vancouver Olympics (2010) called "Project X" was located on Silverton Mountain. The board game Silverton by Mayfair Games is named after this location. For several years in the 1970s and 1980s, Silverton was the site for the International Speed-Skiing Championship. List of historic structures See also List of municipalities in Colorado Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run Million Dollar Highway Old Hundred Gold Mine San Juan Mountains San Juan Skyway National Scenic Byway Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill Alpine Loop National Back Country Byway References External links Silverton Chamber of Commerce Website CDOT map of the Town of Silverton Silverton Town Government Website Silverton history and photos at Western Mining History Silverton Historic District photos and documentation from Historic American Buildings Survey Silverton, Colorado photograph by Ansel Adams in 1951 The Silverton Branch of the D&RGW Silverton Standard Newspaper Website Towns in San Juan County, Colorado County seats in Colorado Mining communities in Colorado San Juan Mountains (Colorado) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in San Juan County, Colorado National Historic Landmarks in Colorado National Historic Landmark Districts Towns in Colorado