Craig keeps David Moffat's private railcar, the Marcia

Moffat County is named for David Moffat, the Denver financier whose railroad pushed west toward the Yampa valley’s coal. In Craig you can stand next to a very personal piece of that story: the Marcia, his private railcar.

The Marcia was built by the Pullman Company and named for Moffat’s daughter. It was the car he traveled and worked from during the years his railroad was being built across Colorado, so it is a kind of rolling office and home from the early 1900s rather than an ordinary passenger coach. It later came to the town of Craig, where it is preserved as a local landmark and recorded in History Colorado’s records of historic places.

For a newcomer, the Marcia is a quick, low-effort way to connect the county’s name to something you can actually see. It also explains a piece of the wider pattern across northwest Colorado, where towns and county lines were drawn around where the rails were headed and where the coal was.

Hours and tours can change, and some details are best confirmed against the official record. To learn more about the car’s history and how to visit, start with History Colorado’s page on the Marcia / Pullman Car of David H. Moffat.