As a building contractor and an astute businessman, Fassbinder homesteaded property on both sides of the Animas River, built the first bridge across the river, and provided drinking water for Durango from a spring on his property — located where . . . — — Map (db m267976) HM
To the west across the Animas River stood Durango’s Smelter, 1881-1930. It was a uranium mill from World War II into 1963. The last buildings were demolished in 1987: the bricks and stones used for this monument’s base are all that remain. The . . . — — Map (db m291641) HM
Howardsville was the first attempted settlement on the Western Slope of Colorado Territory, although the community was never platted or incorporated. The town was founded in 1874, received the first post office designation in the San Juan . . . — — Map (db m177655) HM
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