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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- Ochsner Hospital Durango, Colo.
- Photo of Ochsner Hospital, Durango. A man is walking out of the hospital, and the ground in front of the hospital is covered in snow.
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- Oil Rig Durango, Colo.
- Photo of an oil rig. Pipes are laid out in the foreground of the photo.
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- Old 315, Narrow Gauge Capitol of the World Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of the left side of engine #315, Denver and Rio Grande. Engine appears to have been restored and is parked on a siding track.
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- Old Home of Kit Carson, 2 Miles from Las Animas, Colorado
- Hand colored photo of a small house with bushes in front; trees in the background. Possibly published between 1915-1930.
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- Old Narrow Gauge Train at Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of narrow gauge engine #346 on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the Durango yard.
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- Old Rio Grande Engine in Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of the left side of narrow gauge Engine #315 on the Rio Grande Southern R.R. near Durango.
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- Old Time Engine on the D.& R.G.W., Colorado
- Photograph of the left side of narrow gauge engine #436, Denver & Rio Grande line.
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- Old Time Narrow Gauge Engine - Rio Grande Southern R.R. in Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of the right side of narrow gauge Engine #461 on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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- One of the Quaint Engines on the D & RGW Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado
- Photograph of the left side of engine #319 and the tender.
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- One of the Quaint Engines on the D.& R.G.W. Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado
- Photograph of the left side of narrow gauge engine #319, Denver & Rio Grande line, in the Durango yards.
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- Only Colorado Narrow Gauge Mixed Train in Animas Canyon, Durango to Silverton
- View of the top of the narrow gauge railroad train traveling along the Animas River through the Animas Canyon.
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- Open Air Swimming Pool - Pinkerton-in-the-Pines - Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of the swimming pool at Pinkerton in the Pines.