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| View Original: | Signs for the El Rancho Tavern and old Central Hotel, for which the 1892 building was constructed, on Main Avenue in Durango, the seat of La Plata County in southern Colorado LCCN2015632889.tif.tiff (4912x7360) | |||
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| Keywords: Signs for the El Rancho Tavern and old Central Hotel, for which the 1892 building was constructed, on Main Avenue in Durango, the seat of La Plata County in southern Colorado LCCN2015632889.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 ; The town 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 The El Rancho Tavern is often incorrectly cited as the location of a 1915 heavyweight fight between Jack Dempsey and Andy Malloy It took place across the street at the Gem Theater 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632889 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32800/32874a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32874 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32874 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Durango Colorado Signs in Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||