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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- Trimble Hot Springs Bath House, Near Durango, Colo.
- The bath house at Trimble - possibly the original bath house (before both of the fires) - with a car driving on the road in front of the buildings.
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- Trimble Springs (Durango, Colo.)
- Photo of a three-story building; belvedere on the top; to the left is a smaller house, several vehicles are parked in front of the three-story building, a hill is shown in the background
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- Trimble Springs Hotel and Night Club (eight miles north of Durango, Colo.)
- Photo of several buildings on the left, a hill is shown in the far background, a car is heading down a dirt road in front of the buildings [writing on the back] addressed to Pvt. Lester J. Wills postmarked Ft. Bliss Texas, 1942
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- Trimble Springs Resort, Animas Valley, nine miles from Durango, Colo.
- Trimble Springs Resort, Animas Valley, nine miles from Durango, Colorado.
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- Tunnel on Million Dollar Highway, near Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of a tunnel on the Million Dollar Highway, near Durango, Colorado.
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- Two persons being chauffeured in an open touring car
- Real photograph of two individuals in an open touring car being driven up a dirt road by a chauffeur.
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- U.S. Highway 550 and the Animas River South of Durango, Colo.
- View of dirt road-- highway 550 and the Animas river on right hand side.
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- U.S. Post Office (Las Animas, Colo.)
- Black and white photo of the U.S. Post Office, Las Animas, Colorado.
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- Ute Indian, Durango, Colorado.
- Head/torso shot of a Ute Indian in Durango, Colorado.
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- Ute Indians in Durango, Colo.
- Photograph of mounted Indians in regalia. Ute Indians, Durango, Colorado.
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- Ute Indians, Durango, Colo.
- Ute Indians, Durango, Colorado.
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- Ute Papoose
- A black and white photograph of a Ute Papoose, holding a small baby.