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3 Porch Notes tagged “depot,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Custer County

Westcliffe grew up around a railroad depot

The Denver and Rio Grande railroad reached the Wet Mountain Valley in the early 1880s, and the historic depot near downtown, restored by a local effort, is a reminder of why the town sits where it does.

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History and culture - Douglas County

The old Castle Rock train depot is now the town's history museum

Castle Rock's historic Denver & Rio Grande stone depot now houses the Castle Rock Historical Museum, a free place to learn the town's railroad and quarry story.

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History and culture - Logan County

Sterling's old Union Pacific depot is a landmark that was moved to save it

Sterling's 1902 Union Pacific Railroad depot is a National Register landmark that the city relocated when passenger service ended, a small window into why the town grew.

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