Ferroequinophiles adore Durango. Yes, gold first lured Charles Baker and his prospectors into the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado in 1860, but railroads—in particular, the Denver & Rio Grande, which arrived in Durango in 1881—brought stability and prosperity to the little town along the Animas River. HISTORIC EVENT Isaac “Ike” Stockton was a rotten guy, even for an outlaw. In the late 1870s, he and his gang robbed, rustled and raised trouble across northern New Mexico, t
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