Volume 1: Early Durango
These postcards depict the early days of Durango, Colorado. According to The City of Durango, the town was created by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company in September 1880 as a location for smelters to work the silver and gold being mined nearby. Durango’s more moderate climate at an elevation of 6,512 feet above sea level, a steady water supply from the Animas River, and the availability of coal made it a good choice. The city was named after Durango, Mexico, supposedly because the territorial governor at the time thought the geography was similar. (source)
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- Electra Lake and Engineer Mt. - Million Dollar Hwy.
- Electra Lake, Engineer Mountain in the background, with trees in the foreground and a person in a canoe on the lake.
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- Electra Lake and Engineer Mt. on the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Durango, Colo.
- Electra Lake and Engineer Mountain on the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Durango, Colorado.
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- Electra Lake between Silverton and Durango Colo.
- Hand colored photograph of Electra Lake, mountains in the background. Card addressed to Mrs. Alma Posey, Dove Creek, Colorado. From Eva Rogers. Postmarked March 6, 1941. (Also in this postcard sleeve pocket is an unused duplicate of this same card, which was separated out 1/2007 from the Western Colorado Power Company photos, series 8.3, Cascade Reservoir.)
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- Electra Lake near Durango, Colorado.
- View of Electra Lake in the foreground, mesas in the background. On the right in the far background is a snowcapped peak.
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- Electra Lake, near Durango, Colo.
- Electra Lake near Durango, Colorado.
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- Electra Lake, near Durango, Colo.
- Black and white picture of Electra Lake, with high banks and mountains in the background.
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- Electra Lake, near Silverton, Colorado
- Sepia toned photo of view across Electra Lake, snow covered mountains in the background.
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- Electric Light Plant (Durango, Colo.)
- Durango, Colorado, electric light plant.
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- Elementary School in Durango, Colo.
- Black and white photo of an "L" shaped building, a tree and a pole are in front of the building. The school pictured is Needham Elementary.
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- Elk in Cascade Creek, near Durango, Colo.
- Photo of a "bull" elk in a creek buried deep snow pine trees in the background.
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- Elk in Cascade Creek, near Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of elk standing in Cascade Creek near Durango, Colorado.
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- Emerald Lake, near Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of Emerald Lake with mountain peaks in the background.