Download or read book Denver South Park Pacific written by Meredith Clarence Poor and published by Denver, Colo. : Rocky Moutain R.R. Club. This book was released on 1949 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroads of Colorado written by Claude A. Wiatrowski and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claude Wiatrowski, with photography by Claude Wiatrowski. Through informative text, sharp color photography, and historical black-and-white images, Railroads of Colorado invites you on a journey from the railroad's humble and hard-won beginnings to its status as a symbol of our past. Railroads of Colorado also includes ideas for exploring Colorado's railways; both the ghosts of long-gone trains that haunt the mountains and the preserved trains whose whistles still echo off those granite peaks. It also contains other helpful information--such as a map showing the routes of more than 30 Colorado rail lines and a "railroad directory," which lists the contact information for 13 operating passenger trains and trolleys.Explores the fascination these improbable railways inspire, providing the history of these unique railroads, the engineering that paved their way into the mountains, and the men who built and ran them.

Download or read book Summit County s Narrow Gauge Railroads written by Sandra F. Mather Ph.D. and Bob Schoppe and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads tells the story of the two railroads that fought for dominance in Summit County, Colorado, during the late 1800s and early 1900s: the Denver, South Park & Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande. The two railroads developed an intense rivalry as they sought to monopolize the county's economic potential. Altitude, heavy winter snow, and rugged mountainous terrain combined to provide a unique set of challenges to company management as well as to the crews as they battled to lay the tracks and provide much-needed rail service to the residents and businesses of the county. Intimately tied to the mining economy, the fortunes of the railroads plummeted when the mining economy collapsed. Although poorly financed and poorly built, the railroads changed the living conditions for county residents. Without the railroads bringing the necessary equipment and lumber, nine huge gold-dredging boats would not have scoured the county's major waterways between 1898 and 1942"--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Santa Cruz Trains written by Derek R. Whaley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once there was an endless redwood wilderness, populated by only the hardiest of people. Then, the sudden blast of a steam whistle echoed across the canyons and the valleys-the iron horse had arrived in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Driven by the need to transport materials like lumber and lime to the rest of the world, the railroad brought people seeking out new ways of living, from the remote outposts along Bean and Zayante Creeks to the bustling towns of Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. Bridges and tunnels marked the landscape, and each new station, siding and spur signaled activity: businesses, settlements, and vacation spots. Summer resorts in the mountains evolved into sprawling residential communities which formed the backbone of the towns of the San Lorenzo Valley today. Much of the history of the locations along the route has since been forgotten. This is their story. Third Revision (February 2016) Addenda available at http://www.whaleyland.com/downloads/addenda1.3.pdf Exclusive CreateSpace Discount: Enter MU236Q6V into the coupon code field and get this book for $5.00 off! Offer only valid through CreateSpace. Review this book at GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25144919)

Download or read book Narrow Gauge in the Rockies written by Lucius Morris Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a nostalgic 100 year Journey through the Rocky Mountains aboard the narrow gauge railways that snaked through them.

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Download or read book Report written by Colorado. Railroad Commissioner and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book First Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Colorado for the Year Ending June 30 1885 written by Colorado. Railroad Commissioner and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Colorado written by Colorado. Railroad Commissioner and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book First Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Colorado written by Colorado. Railroad Commissioner and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report to the Stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad for the Year written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report to the Stockholders of the Union Pacific Railway for the Year written by Union Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army to the Secretary of War for the Year Ending written by United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information regarding fiscal matters, transportation, clothing, equipment and other supplies of the Army; also discusses the maintenance of supplies and national military cemeteries as well as the activities of the Quartermaster's Dept.

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Download or read book Pioneers with Eminence written by Stephen L. Wood and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The making of America “The Fighting Meekers-of Northfield, New Jersey enlisted in the American Army at the age of 70 and fought in the American Revolution in the same company as his 9 sons-2 sons-in-laws and 1 grandson”. Pioneer Women’s Journey West, while walking most all children and women, would pick up dried buffalo chips, as that was the fuel for their night and morning fires. When stopped for the night the wagons would form a circle or large “V” shape, thus protecting the animals and people, and it made it easy for the look outs to watch for intruders, Indians, road agents, buffalo, coyotes, bears, and such. Indians were always trying to stampede or steal their livestock. Most all wagons used tents set up on the sides of their wagons for shelter and sleeping, some attached others freestanding, unlike portrayed in most all movies, as most all immigrants had their wagons packed with the necessities, needed for settling in their new homes in the frontier. So, who really settled the west? It took both hardy men and women to do so, but in my humble opinion the women had it the hardest and endured their load willingly. 76 years of events in my grandfather’s life “September 13, 1916– Mary, a circus elephant is hung in the town of Erwin, Tennessee for killing her handler, Walter “Red” Eldridge.” How the hell do you hang an elephant???? Cattle Drives “Charles Goodnight is credited for inventing and using the first chuck wagon. His cooks name Bose Ikard is credited for the son-of-a-gun-stew. There are many recipes for this stew as it became rather famous not only to the hundreds of chuck wagon cooks on the various cattle trails but also the wagon trains used it several times a month in their crossing the vast plains Diaries of the wagon trains west “Elizabeth K. Bedwell, 1852 Diary of the Oregon Trail (As written) May 29th traveled 20 miles 8 miles from the river Elk Horn brought us to the raging Platte ( you must not water there but keep on until you come to the first byo where you must gather wood for the night and morning and it would be well to haul water too ) 12 miles farther we camped in sight of Platte river on a byo plenty of grass and water south of the road”