Temperatures had just dipped below freezing one night last week in Durango. Kristie Boughan, a 62-year-old woman living unhoused, sat under an exhaust vent that blows warm air behind the Strater Hotel.
Located about halfway down a dark hallway on the second floor of Durango’s Strater Hotel is Room 215. Just below the brass numbers sits a small oval plaque inscribed with three words: The Coffee Club..
History Colorado will be visiting sites across the state identified as safe havens for African American travelers in the famous Jim Crow-era travel guide The Green Book, and the historic Strater Hotel.
For more than 90 years, the Grand Junction Lions have hosted their annual carnival, parade and raffle to raise funds for community nonprofit organizations.