In about 1998 i was in duran and met a man that lives there and became friends with him. he told me some of the history of the town. he told me that at it's high point, there was almost 300 people living in the town and area. the man has a large sheep ranch in duran and other areas nearby. ( over 50,000 acres ) the gentleman also told me some interesting history about the old general store and hotel which is next to the railroad crossing at the intersection of the two highways. it seems that the couple that owned the store and hotel closed up shop and lived upstairs in part of the hotel over the store. one night three men knocked on the door late at night. the man that owned the store / hotel went downstairs to see what was going on. the men managed to convinc