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| Keywords: The Strater Hotel, opened in 1888 during a mining boom in Durango, Colorado LCCN2015632885.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 ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Four years later owner Henry M Strater added another hotel the Columbian next door After the financial panic of 1893 Strater consolidated the hotels into one that drips with Victorian flourishes Durango the seat of La Plata County in southern Colorado Durango 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 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632885 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32800/32870a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32870 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32870 37 16 2768 0 N 107 52 8755 0 W alt 1991_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Hotels in Colorado Built in Colorado in 1887 Strater Hotel | ||||