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Durango, Colorado

by | Apr 1, 2008 | Travel & Preservation

Along the Ute’s River of Lost Souls (today’s Animas River), you’ll find “water town,” first labeled as Urango by the Basque and later named after Durango, Mexico, by Territorial Gov. A.C. Hunt. Rio Grande surveyors founded this rail town in 1880, and its rail heritage still elevates Durango as a noteworthy place to live. This Colorado town will definitely bring out the Durango Kid in you. What’s the latest gossip? How magnificent the Animas River rapids will be this year with all


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