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The Denver and Rio Grande Railway's 1881 arrival at Chama, about ten miles to the north, had profound effects on the development of the region by bringing the area out of economic and cultural isolation.
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* March 20 – The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Western Pacific railroads inaugurate the California Zephyr passenger train between Chicago and Oakland, California, as the first long distance train to feature Vista Dome cars as regular equipment.
North La Veta Pass, through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is used by US Highway 160 and by the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad ( formerly a branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Western ) tracks.
Elevation rises as you go north in the valley to Poncha Pass, used now by US Highway 285 and historically by the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
The pass is traversed by State Highway 17 and the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad ( originally built as the San Juan Extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad that ran to Durango, Colorado ).
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande or D & RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, is a defunct U. S. railroad company.
Baldwin Locomotive Works | Baldwin's Montezuma, 1871, The first locomotive built for the Denver & Rio Grande.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway ( D & RG ) was incorporated on October 27, 1870 by General William Jackson Palmer and a board of four directors.
It was originally announced that the new gauge railroad would proceed south from Denver and travel an estimated south to El Paso via Pueblo, westward along the Arkansas River, and continue southward through the San Luis Valley of Colorado toward the Rio Grande River.
By late 1880 William Bell had begun to organize railway construction in Utah that would become the Palmer controlled Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway in mid 1881.
Eventual foreclosure and sale of the original Denver and Rio Grande Railway resulted within two years and the new Denver and Rio Grande Railroad took formal control of the property and holdings on July 14, 1886 with Jackson appointed as president.
File: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad open observation car 1917. JPG | Unlike other lines with open observation cars for non first class passengers, the D & RGW operated theirs for an additional 25 cent charge.
File: Denver and Rio Grande Royal Gorge train. JPG | D & RGW's Royal Gorge at the bottom of the gorge with the suspension bridge above.
File: The Royal Gorge Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. JPG | The train in the shadow of Colorado's highest mountain, Mount Elbert.
The original Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway built a narrow gauge line from Ogden, Utah via Soldier Summit, Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado.
In 1901, the Denver and Rio Grande merged with the Rio Grande Western, consolidating in 1908.
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* April 10 – The last train operates on Colorado and Southern Railway's line to Leadville, Colorado, which was originally built and operated by the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad.
Denver and 1881
Residents were growing weary of being referred to as a train station so in 1881, after researching post offices in the county, Adam Brubaker found only one named Denver.
On November 1, 1881 the town was officially renamed Denver.
* Manhattan Beach ( Denver ), first amusement park built west of the Mississippi River ( 1881 ) that burnt down in 1908 and was rebuilt as Luna Park
A second narrow gauge railway line was built by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1881.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad constructed a narrow gauge railroad over Tennessee Pass in 1881 as part of their extension to the Aspen area to beat the Colorado Midland Standard Gauge route to the rich mining area.
The railroad company was organized by investors in northern Colorado on January 17, 1881 with the intention of starting a southern branch of the transcontinental railroad that would pass through northern Colorado, connecting westward from the former Denver Pacific Railroad line at Greeley, as well a narrow gauge line west of Boulder to the gold mining area above that city.
The route was originally built between 1881 and 1882, by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, in order to carry supplies and people to and silver and gold ore from mines in the San Juan Mountains.
On August 5, 1881 the Denver & Rio Grande Railway arrived in Durango, Colorado.
Denver commercial buildings he is credited with designing include the King Block ( 1879 ), Bancroft Block ( 1880 ), Times Building ( 1881 ), Union Block ( 1881 ), Barth Block ( 1881 ), A. T. Lewis & Son Dept.
Denver and arrival
In 1965, Denver joined the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group that had been renamed " The Mitchell Trio " prior to Chad Mitchell's departure and before Denver's arrival, and then " Denver, Boise, and Johnson " ( John Denver, David Boise, and Michael Johnson ).
With the arrival of a tramway line running along West 13th Avenue, landowner William A. H. Loveland and others laid out the new city of Lakewood between Golden and Denver.
With the arrival of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, Estelline became a shipping point for cattle driven in from Paducah and Silverton.
The city began to expand with the arrival of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway in 1882.
With the arrival of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ( D & RGW ) in 1881-82, Helper began to develop as a population center.
Upon his arrival in Denver he was greeted by banners reading ' " Bryan, Broward, and Bread ," and an editorial in the Denver Post spoke very favorably of him, concluding that he was an excellent choice for the position.
Masterson penned a weekly sports column for George's Weekly sometime after his arrival in Denver, Colorado, in the late 1890s.
The arrival of the first trains to Denver in August was two months after the completion in June of the Denver Pacific Railway mainline linking Denver with the Union Pacific at Cheyenne in the Nebraska Territory.
Upon Franklin's arrival into Denver, Cook tracked him to a room in the Overland Hotel.
The arrival of the Caribous marked the return of professional first division soccer to Denver after a two-year absence caused by the departure of the Denver Dynamos to Minneapolis in 1976.
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Lefty Wyman Carey, another Denver rookie, will be on the mound against veteran John Tsitouris at 8 o'clock Tuesday night.
There will be a stag dinner Friday evening at the Denver Country Club which will precede the opening of the 1961 golf season.
A man with the same name as those given by the FBI turned up alive in Saudi Arabia, saying that he had studied at the University of Denver and his passport was stolen there in 1995.
These coaches in turn have their own disciples who have utilized Walsh's West Coast system such as Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak first a quarterback coach with the 49ers, then offensive coordinator for Shanahan at the Denver Broncos.
Despite the club's poor record, several Rockies hitters gained notoriety for their exploits at the plate, assisted by the thin and dry air of Denver, which purportedly allows balls to carry farther than they would at sea-level ballparks.
Sholes, A & R director of country music at RCA, tracked Atkins down to Denver.
The 18th hole at Cherry Hills Country Club, near Denver, is named in his honor.
In 2003, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Denver Film Festival.
The city is situated at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills of the northern Front Range approximately north of Denver, Colorado and south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
* Sweet Chariot: The Story of the Spirituals, particularly their section on " Freedom " ( Web site maintained by The Spirituals Project at the University of Denver )
Around the same time he was living in Denver, Colorado, where he hosted a show at local radio station KHIH on Sunday nights called " Gary Coleman's Colorado High ", where he played light jazz and new age music.
The Jags postseason would end quickly as they fell in their first game, a 42 – 17 defeat against the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium.
After the war he was ill for many months, recovering at the family's ancestral home in Duke's Denver, a fictional setting — as is the Duchy of Denver — about 15 miles ( 24 km ) beyond the real Denver in Norfolk, on the A10 near Downham Market.
As Gerald is the Duke of Denver, he is tried by the entire House of Lords, as required by the law at that time, to much scandal and the distress of his wife Helen.
Two Certified Nurse Midwives from Colorado pose with new mother and her son, born at Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center in Denver.
The apparatus used to conduct the experiment is on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
The Giants defeated the 49ers 49 – 3 in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs and the Redskins 17 – 0 in the NFC championship game, advancing to their first Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXI, against the Denver Broncos at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
* 1987 – Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas DC-9-14 jetliner, crashes in a snowstorm at Denver, Colorado Stapleton International Airport, killing 28 occupants, while 54 survive the crash.
On October 11, 2008, the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets played the first outdoor game in the modern era of the NBA at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Denver International Airport is noteworthy for the large number of pneumatic tube systems, including a 25 cm diameter system for moving aircraft parts to remote concourses, a 10 cm system for United Airlines ticketing, and a robust system in the parking toll collection system with an outlet at every booth.
He was the guest of honor at Denvention, the 1941 Worldcon, held in Denver.
After beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday December 21, 2008, the Chargers stood at 7 – 8, one game behind the Denver Broncos.
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