Keywords: The 1889 Main Avenue Furnishings Building (once home to the Balthasar Kern Saloon and more recently, in 2015, the Animas Trading Co. store) in Durango, the seat of La Plata County in southern LCCN2015632891.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; The town was organized in September 1881 by the Denver Rio Grande Railroad D RG to serve the San Juan mining district The city is named after Durango Mexico which was named after Durango Spain The word Durango originates from the Basque word urango meaning water town Durango on the rushing Animas River qualifies ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632891 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32800/32876a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32876 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32876 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Durango Colorado Shops in Colorado Built in Colorado in 1889 Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |