Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads

Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads tells the story of the two railroads that fought for dominance in Summit...
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Author: Bob Schoppe
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Language: English
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Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads by Schoppe, Bob

Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads

BD$38.76

Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads

BD$38.76
Author: Bob Schoppe
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Summit County's Narrow-Gauge Railroads tells the story of the two railroads that fought for dominance in Summit County, Colorado, during the late 1800s and early 1900s: the Denver, South Park & Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande. The two railroads developed an intense rivalry as they sought to monopolize the county's economic potential. Altitude, heavy winter snow, and rugged mountainous terrain combined to provide a unique set of challenges to company management as well as to the crews as they battled to lay the tracks and provide much-needed rail service to the residents and businesses of the county. Intimately tied to the mining economy, the fortunes of the railroads plummeted when the mining economy collapsed. Although poorly financed and poorly built, the railroads changed the living conditions for county residents. Without the railroads bringing the necessary equipment and lumber, nine huge gold-dredging boats would not have scoured the county's major waterways between 1898 and 1942.

Author: Bob Schoppe, Sandra F. Mather Ph. D.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 11/07/2016
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781467116855

About the Author
Schoppe, Bob: - Authors Bob Schoppe, president of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Historical Society, and Sandra F. Mather, PhD, professor emerita of the Department of Geology and Astronomy at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, combine to bring the stories to life with text and unique photographs, some never before published, from local collections and archives.

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