Hidden in the Santa Ana Mountains below Santiago Peak is a Canyon called Silverado.
Renamed Silverado City, the heart of the Canyon turned into.
With the discovery in 1877 of quartz deposits embedded with silver, the Canyon became a hotbed of activity, with possibilities of newfound fortune for the hundreds of men who arrived there.
The first non-native homesteaders arrived in 1876 to tend bees and grow fruit trees.
The Spaniards called it Canon de la Madera because of the abundance of timber.
Hidden in the Santa Ana Mountains below Santiago Peak is a Canyon called Silverado