Tag
denver rio grande
4 Porch Notes tagged “denver rio grande,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Chaffee County
Salida grew up as a railroad town where the Arkansas leaves the valley
Salida was founded by the Denver and Rio Grande railroad around 1880 near where the Arkansas River exits the upper valley, and its downtown carries that railroad-era history.
Read note ->History and culture - Fremont County
The Royal Gorge is narrow enough that two railroads once fought over it
The deep, tight Royal Gorge canyon on the Arkansas River had room for only one rail line, and the fight over that route is a real part of Fremont County's history.
Read note ->History and culture - Eagle County
Minturn grew up on the Tennessee Pass rail line
The Denver & Rio Grande's standard-gauge route over Tennessee Pass ran through Minturn and the Eagle River valley, and that railroad is why the town is shaped the way it is.
Read note ->History and culture - Montrose County
Montrose grew up around the railroad in the 1880s
The town of Montrose dates to the early 1880s, when the Denver and Rio Grande narrow-gauge railroad reached the Uncompahgre Valley and turned it into a regional shipping and supply hub.
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