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Silver City

Owyhee County · Southwest Idaho

A silver-boom town frozen in the 1860s.

Once a booming mining town with thousands of residents, Silver City now has around 70 original buildings standing high in the Owyhee Mountains. The historic Idaho Hotel, a schoolhouse and old homes line the dirt streets. The road in is unpaved and usually open only in summer.

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