Fort Lewis College is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado. Because of its unique origins as a military fort turned Indian boarding school turned state public school, FLC follows a 1911 mandate to give qualified Native Americans a tuition-free education and awards approximately 16% of the baccalaureate degrees earned by Native American students in the nation. In 2008, the U.S. Department of Education designated FLC one of six Native American-serving, non-tribal colleges.
The Fort Lewis military post in Hesperus, Colorado, May 1883.
The La Plata Mountains rise behind the Fort Lewis College campus in Durango, Colorado
Durango is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States Census. Durango is the home of Fort Lewis College.
Durango as seen from Rim Drive
The Strater Hotel in 2010
D&RGW steam locomotive on the Durango turntable, 1965.