Editing Silverton, Colorado (section)

==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 (film)|Night Passage]]'' (1957) was filmed in Silverton and [[Durango, Colorado]].<ref>Rowan, Terry (2013). ''The American Western A Complete Film Guide''. Lulu Press, Inc. Page 286. {{ISBN|9781300418580}}.</ref>

[[Shaun White]]'s secret training facility for the Vancouver Olympics (2010) called "Project X" was located on Silverton Mountain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.silvertonstandard.com/news.php?id=126|title=Olympic gold shines on Silverton " " Local News|website=www.silvertonstandard.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>

The board game Silverton by [[Mayfair Games]] is named after this location.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/511/silverton|title=Silverton board game at Boardgamegeek.com|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref>

For several years in the 1970s and 1980s, Silverton was the site for the International Speed-Skiing Championship.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wallace|first=William N.|date=April 21, 1982|title=SPEED SKIERS DEFYING GRAVITY|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/21/sports/speed-skiers-defying-gravity.html|access-date=May 24, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>