The Animas Museum and the Buffalo Soldiers will be riding the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad at 9 a.m. Sept. 17. The ride will teach the history of the…
The Buffalo Soldiers will return to Animas City from 10 a.m. to p.m. Saturday (Sept. 16) at the Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave. The re-enactors will share stories of…
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society invites the public to a presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies, 1000 Rim Drive, and on…
The Cancer Coalition of Southwest Colorado would like to thank all those who participated in the 2023 “Rally for the Cure” sponsored by the Dalton Ranch Women’s Golf Association. Special…
Durango Derby is a mountain bike stage race taking place Sept. 23 at various locations in Durango. There will be a $10,000 total pro cash purse. The prize money will…
Animas Museum will hold a Second Saturday Series Webinar about Fort Lewis History at 1 p.m. Saturday on Zoom. Local historian Charles DiFerdinando will discuss the history of the Fort…
The fifth Devo Film Fest will be at 5:30 Friday (Sept. 15) at Chapman Hill, 500 Florida Road. The festival will have one hour of short local films and will…
Animas Valley Action Coalition will meet from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., to discuss the Roberts Village Camp Durango Proposal. The…
Originally called Pinkerton-in-the-Pines, this hot springs resort located 14 miles north of Durango was established in 1925 at the site of a stage stop on the way to Silverton. The…
Lewis College offers variety of Thursday presentations
The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College announced its new season of pop-up performances, starting with the Smoking Jackets featuring Daniel Ward, Heidi Swedberg and Craig McClelland. The show…
Entries are now being accepted for one of Colorado’s largest motorless parades, the Durango Cowboy Parade. The parade will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 30. There is no entry…
Anne Alexander has formed the new title company Three Rivers Title Co. at 101 W. 11th St. Suite 105. There will be an open house party at 4:30 p.m. Sept.…
This Texaco gas station was built in 1923 by Michael Brennan. It had a tall lighthouse on top, built to draw attention to the business. The station was located just…
The Southwest La Plata Library District announced the addition of Saturday hours beginning Sept. 9. Both the Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa libraries will now be open to the public…
The Animas Museum would like to thank Tracie Trotter and Charles Goodman of the Gable House Bed and Breakfast for hosting the Ice Cream Social benefiting the museum. It was…
This image of Mercy Hospital’s main and emergency entrances when it was located along East Park Avenue was taken about nine years before the institution moved to its present location…
Lucas Faulkner, a meteorologist with the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, measures a massive hailstone with a caliper inside the National Weather Service’s Goodland, Kansas office on Aug.…
massive lake acts like a savings bank for water users, but the account balance is low enough to make officials from across the West nervous
An in-person talk by historian Fred Blackburn will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 26 at Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave. The talk will be about Blackburn’s survey of…
Durango Hot Springs Resort and Spa, the Glacier Club and the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College are bringing Nashville Songs & Stories “Writers in the Round” to the…
Fort Lewis College moved to its present location on the mesa east of downtown in 1956 on the site of the former Durango Municipal Airport. Its previous location, south of…
Durango Education Foundation invites families to attend the Fall 2023 Back to School Resource Fair. The free event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 23 at the La…
The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Florida Grange, 656 Colorado Highway 172. The social hour and dinner start at…
Thank you, Kroegers Ace Hardware, for presenting VFW Post 4031 with a $2,000 check on July 28. Kroegers’ customers were invited to “Round up” at checkout over the 4th of…
I don’t know exactly why you are sitting on a bench by the side of the road waving the American flag, but thank you. When I drive by in a…
Thomas H Wigglesworth was a location and construction engineer with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad starting in 1878. He led survey crews for the railroad from Antonito to Silverton.…
Natambu Obelton will provide the Rotary Club of Durango with a pictorial talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. The talk will cover the Obelton…
The La Plata County Fair will be held Wednesday through Aug. 13, and parking will be largely unavailable. The La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., will offer almost no…
In 1955, with the completion of “Huck Finn” pond by the Durango VFW and local sportsmen, the annual “Huck Finn Day” in Durango began. The pond was stocked with fish…
