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Cavalcade of Railroads in Central Colorado from 1871-1965 George G. Everette DJ
Cavalcade of Railroads in Central Colorado from 1871-1965 George G. Everette
The Cavalcade of Railroads in Central Colorado from 1871-1965
George G. Everette
Hard Cover with dust jacket
235 pages
Copyright 1966 first edition
Contents
PART I
RAILROADING
Tiny Montezuma Never Headed for Mexico 3
First Spike 4
Headed for Pueblo 5
Royal Gorge Rights 5
Canon City, 1879 6
Leadville 8
The Smelters 10
El Moro 11
Alamosa, 1879 12
The D&RGW Railway, 1881 13
D&RGW RR 20
Death of Cleora 23
Salida Shops, 1884 24
Changes in D&RGW Labor Laws, 1891 24
PART II
TRAIN ROBBERIES
Cotopaxi, Texas Creek Train Robbery, August 31, 1891_ 29
The Prisoners Appearance 33
The Trial 34
First Witness 35
The Defense Opens 39
January 15, 1892 40
Found Guilty 41
Judge Hallett's Charge 42
The Verdict 44
Last of the Gang 45
Rio Grande Train Robbery 47
The Tom Horn Story 48
Marshall Pass Train Robbery, July 15, 1902 54
PART III
FROM NARROW GAUGE TO BROAD GAUGE
Early Railroad Problems 61
Deitler Killing 61
William Gorman Killed 62
Calumet Train 64
And There Is No Night In Crede 64
Sweet Marie 65
Large Crew at Work 65
Third Rail Added Through Salida 66
St. Patrick's Real Event 66
Monarch 69
Snow, Big Bugaboo on Marshall Pass69
Leslie J. Matthews71
Experiences of a Railroader, by E. Leslie Kerndt 74
Railroading from Sargents to Salida 81
Paul Nelson 87
The Dead 89
Middle Coaches Undamaged 92
Relief Train Called 92
Train No. 16 Wrecked, July 25, 1934 94
Locomotive Explodes on Pass 97
Funeral of R. J. Dobbie 98
Olden Days 99
Brown's Canon Site for Wrecks 99
Crew Not Hurt in Lucky Wreck 100
Brown's Canon Train Wreck, 1939 100
Wreck of Dynamite Loaded Train 104
Train Got in Early 105
Everyone Arose Instantly 106
Hoboes Not So Lucky 106
Denver & Rio Grande Train Wreck 107
The Rancher and the D&RGW Railroad 110
Henry J. Thonhoff 114
Salida Mail 115
Run-away Train Wreck 116
Victims Itinerants 117
PART IV
RAILROADS THROUGH COLORADO
A Glance Into History of the D&RG Narrow
Gauge RR 121
Caboose Hop 129
The Grandest One Day Trip in the World 130
Round Trip Fare 131
Side Trips 131
Greatest Gold Camp on Earth 131
Electric Circle Trip 132
Short Line Facts 132
Cripple Creek District Facts 133
1893 133
Scenic Phantom Canyon 134
A.T.&S.F., 1879 135
The Denver & South Park Railway 142
The Alpine Tunnel, 1882 148
Snow Slide Ruins Early Townsite 1884 150
A Slaughter November 1886 151
Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad 151
South Park Stopped Running 153
Union Pacific, 1879 154
1885 156
Colorado Midland Railroad 157
Famous Old Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel___________________________160
I Saw Them All Everyone 161
PART V
SOME RAILROADERS' EXPERIENCES
Gold and the Railroads 167
"Believe It Or Not," by Capt. Joseph Adelbert
McKinney 169
State Had Own Casey Jones in Early Day Engineer,
by Eleanor Fry 175
Gray Mule Death Cause, by Lacy Humbeutel 176
Abe Leonard in Wild Trip Down Old Calumet Branch 177
Frank Land Killed 179
Retired After 54 Years 180
True Tales Out of the Past 181
Roundhouse Fire in 1892, One of Salida's Worst 182
Wild Engine on Trout Creek Pass Caused Headon
Back in '99 184
Monte Cristo, Eating Place of Era 186
The Rio Grande Stables the Last of Its Big
`Iron Horses' 188
Train No. 70 189
1919 Ordeal Recalled by Railroader 190
Paul H. (Mutt) Johnson 1966 192
Towner Bus Epic Claimed Six Lives 194
Railroads 198
The Longfellow School 1892 199
Salida 1892 201
Fastest Time Noted, April 25, 1892 203
Frank Rupp's Story 204
Frank Zingone's Story 206
Koppers Creosote Co.___________ 210
The Park Cafe 212
PART VI
THE GREAT PUEBLO FLOOD
The Great Pueblo Flood of 1921
by Bernard Kelly, EMPIRE, THE DENVER POST _217
Salida, a Poem by S. W. Taylor 235
The story of railroads in Central Colorado is, in a measure, the story of the Valleys, Rocky Mountains, and a story of the Old West.
For many years the spell of the West was magic, its lure and riches, something that dominated the imagination of man. Explorers, mountain men, trappers, fur traders, prospectors, cattlemen and adventurers. Some of them kept records of their travels and reported what they saw or perhaps imagined they saw. Some records and stories were accurate. However, many records and stories are based on imagination and distorted fiction, written so as to attract attention rather than to tell the truth.
Much has been written about the area of Central Colorado. It is doubtful whether or not some of the towns or railroads would have existed, if it was not for the mining boom of 1878-79, when people were almost crazy about the wealth hidden in the hills. As a result some of the great gold and silver camps were established. It was also the cause of making the city of Denver what it is today.
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