Durango Native Stories is a spoken presentation with historic images from a six-generation Durango pioneer family.

Part I - Rod Turner, a fourth generation native born 1931 in the old Mercy Hospital, will recount a series of family stories dating to 1861 when his great-grandfather, John C. Turner, was a member of the Baker Expedition, the first Anglo explorers to visit the area. When the territory opened for settlement, John Turner returned in 1868 and homesteaded 160 acres in the Animas Valley.

Part II – Jack Turner, Rod’s son, will present 'Ansel & Ansel' a collection of fascinating personal stories, historical images, and photographs from his maternal grandfather Ansel F. Hall, the first Chief Naturalist of the National Park Service and his friend, Ansel Adams. These men and their colleagues shaped much of America’s commitment to the environment and conservation. It’s also a story of adventure, struggle, determination, ingenuity, and amazing circumstances that still impact the National Park Service and all public lands.

Jack Turner is a world traveler, speaker, and television commentator. His book, Landscapes On Glass, with foreword by President Bill Clinton, won first place in the Colorado Book Awards for his pictorial documentary about historic lantern slides and the six-year mission of Ansel Hall’s Rainbow Bridge / Monument Valley Expedition (1933-38). Jack was elected to The Explores Club in 2016.