Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.
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Interview with Erma Perri, b. Nov. 9, 1922. Erma discusses the downtown business landscape of Salida, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, and working at FIBArk.
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Interview with George Oyler, b. Feb. 9, 1916 and died March 19, 2011. George reminisces about his life as a newspaperman and living the life as a cowboy at Bear Creek.
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Interview with John Aragon, b. November 18, 1915 and died April 24, 2006. John discusses attending Catholic School, the lettuce industry, and being Post Master for the town of Poncha Springs, Colo.
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Interview with Joy Tuttle Humes, b. December 18, 1912. Joy discusses surviving the Great Depression and 'Shasta' the family car.
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The Madonna Mine in Chaffee County, Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroads are visible in the front of the image, hauling limestone from the Mine. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows the Denver and Rio Grande Montezuma engine with the caboose decorated with a Christmas wreath. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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This is a photograph of 5 railroad workers and one woman at the Denver and Rio Grande freight house in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows Santa after his arrival into town. Santa and the kids went to the Unique Theater where he gave out presents and they watched cartoons. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows Santa after his arrival into town. Santa and the kids went to the Unique Theater where he gave out presents and they watched cartoons. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows Santa after his arrival into town. Santa and the kids went to the Unique Theater where he gave out presents and they watched cartoons. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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This is the Denver & Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad Bridge, located in downtown Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Anonymous Photo Collection.
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The depot and railyard, viewed from across the Arkansas River, near where Riverside Park is located today.
Alice Chinn Collection.
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A major fire occurred in Salida's Denver & Rio Grande Railroad facilities in December 1892, destroying fourteen stalls in the roundhouse, seventeen locomotives, and the machine shops. Railroad employees and citizens managed to save twenty locomotives, but damages were estimated at $400,000.
In 1900, nearly $350,000 in improvements were completed, including work on the roundhouse and other facilities of the D & R G and construction of a new D & R...
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Trees on Tenderfoot Mountain are alive and well when this photograph was taken March 20, 1895. They began dying shortly after the smelter opened – upwind – in 1902, and by 1917 there were almost none left. Two foot paths up the mountain were used by hundreds of visitors who wanted to get a view of the city while they waited to change trains. The mountain was a favorite picnic spot for locals as well.
The Denver & Rio Grande Depot, F Street...
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An unscheduled train stop with passengers dressed to the nines.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive Repair Shop became the Wm. L. Poller Company in the mid-1950s. These images were taken by Joe Morris of Morris Photo Studio on January 15, 1955.
This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
