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History Live Durango — Senator Henry Teller’s Whistlestop Tour

The Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable has coordinated a month of history, anthropological, and archaeological events in La Plata County this September.

Presented by the Animas Museum at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Location: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Contact: Animas Museum, info@animasmuseum.org [1], 970.259.2402

Join the Animas Museum and Durango and Silverton Railroad as they recreate a campaign stop by Senator Henry Teller supporting William Jennings Bryan for President in 1896. Hear his fiery oratory as he attacks the wealthy and powerful men who control the country and defends the common working people of Colorado, who are suffering during the Panic of 1893 and the Silver Crash! John Steinle, historian and author will portray Senator Teller.