Volume 7 , Issue 31

Animas City, Colorado...

"In 1874, the Ute Tribe signed the Brunot Agreement, ceding a large portion of land in Southwest Colorado. The land came from a Ute reservation established in 1868. White settlers soon moved into the Animas Valley, clearing farms and fencing ranches. In the San Juan Mountains, seen to the north in this picture, mining quickly developed, and the town of Animas City, about two miles north of the future site of Durango, was platted in 1876 ..... A Denver & Rio Grande director named Alexander Hunt had just returned from a trip to the Mexican city of Durango, and that name was chosen for the new settlement. Once Durango was established, many people from Animas City picked up and moved to the new town, realizing the business the railroad would bring. What was once Animas City is now the north part of Durango." -- http://www.godurango.com/community/history.asp   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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