Colorado Puts on Its Big Boy Pants and Gets a Railroad

Given how we Coloradans all view Denver to be the center of the Rocky Mountain region, it is almost unthinkable that others would not see it that way and not want to hook Denver up in any way they could with the rest of the country. However – there were times when Denver almost missed out on what we consider its due. The railroad was one of those near misses. Listen to articles from historic Colorado newspapers and learn how Colorado became part of the railroad connected territory, and all the drama involved with it.

Excerpt from Local Matters. Daily Colorado Tribune, May 17, 1868