Railroads
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Articles and Publications on Otto Mears, 1972-1999
Bob Richardson for Colorado Reflections
Bob Richardson, executive director of the Colorado Railroad Museum, shares his knowledge and expertise regarding the history of railroads in the West, railroad unions, and the working conditions and compensation of railroad workers. Also discusses the importance of railroads for the development of Colorado.
Box 1, 1948-1999
Box 2, 1892
Durango to Silverton, undated
Silent color film depicting views from the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, as well as scenes from around Ouray, Colorado.
Evelyn Essig for Colorado Reflections
Evelyn Essig discusses living at the train depot when her father worked for the railroad companies in Kokomo, Colorado and growing up on a Ute Indian Reservation and in Gunnison, Colorado. Reflects on childhood memories such as going to see movies at the theater. Essig spent much of her childhood raising her younger siblings.
Fred Dow for Colorado Reflections
George Stehle, 1942-1953
Personal papers belonging to a George Stehle of Pennsylvainia. Papers include his birth certificate, copy of his Last Will and Testament, WPA employment record and pay summary, letter about grievence to mediation board for Penn. and Lake Erie Railroad, letter from Post Office and senate committee and check from Denver Dry Goods Store. There is an envelope from JCRS but it is empty. Also containes financial information.
Hal Benson for Colorado Reflections
Hal Benson, a CU graduate, reflects on his childhood in Leadville, Colorado on a homestead and in town. Recalls watching the silver and ore smelters at a mine in Leadville and his connection with Baby Doe Tabor. Benson discusses the railroad industry in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, including railroad accidents. Discusses the influx of Chinese immigrants working for the Public Service Company building power lines in the mountains.
Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West, 1857
Memoir by Solomon Nunez Carvalho about his five-month journey on an expedition west over the Rocky Mountains with Colonel John C. Fremont.