And the West is History: 800 block of Main Avenue – 1960

This postcard photograph captures the 800 block of Main Avenue during the summer of 1960.Although the movie “Tall Story,” starring Jane Fonda, was released in April of that year, it would notbe shown at the Kiva Theater in Durango until several months later, as films typically arrived in thearea long after their initial release. This image provides a clear view of the buildings destroyed in the1974 downtown fire. The fire burned every structure between the Kiva Theater and the light-coloredLevine’s building at the north end of the block. Today, the Main Mall occupies thisspace. – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, edhorvat@animasmuseum (Catalog Number: 03.53.59 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections)