Duncan Residence at Animas Forks
The town was founded in 1873 when prospectors built log cabins near their claims. Because three rivers meet nearby it was called Three Forks of the Animas, later simplified to Animas Forks by the U.S. Postal Service.
Vandals removed this building's porch, but BLM staff and volunteers rebuilt it in 1991.
William Duncan Residence (1879)
Bay window inside Duncan Residence
Columbus mine, started in early 1880's and last worked in 1939. (background, left)