Strater Hotel sold
The Strater Hotel, owned for decades by Rod Barker and his family, sold the hotel this week to Ross Garrett, who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, talks about the history of the hotel. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, talks about the history of the hotel. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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The Diamond Belle Saloon is often busy with patrons eating, drinking and listening to ragtime piano. Photo by The Durango Herald
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The Colorado Mounted Rangers and others march past the Strater Hotel during the 21st annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering parade on Oct. 3, 2009, in downtown Durango. Photo by The Durango Herald
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A young Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, stands inside his historic business in this undated photograph. Durango Herald file
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Riders head south toward the Strater Hotel on Main Avenue during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in August 2012 in Durango. Durango Herald file
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Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, stands in the Luis L’ Amour Room in 2011. Over the last half century, the Barker family has accumulated a huge collection of American Victorian furniture for the Strater Hotel. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Cassi Romine with the Diamond Belle Saloon in the Strater Hotel, lets Tom and Karen Shupe with their daughter Shelby Shupe, all from Austin, know that the saloon is family friendly in 2018 during their stop in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, talks about some of the history of the hotel during the Annual Strater Open House in April 2015 at the hotel. At right are Wayne and Gayle Bedor. Durango Herald file
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A crowd gathers around as employees of the Strater Hotel enact a shootout in front of the hotel on Main Avenue in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, talks with Penny Spittler, left, a.k.a. Sadie Six-Shooter, and Leslie Ashcraft, a.k.a. Fanny Anny, while the two were in town in 2014 for the 7th Annual Durango Heritage Celebration. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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The Strater Hotel, owned for decades by Rod Barker and his family, sold the hotel this week to Ross Garrett, who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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