After the Union Pacific bypassed Denver for Cheyenne, the Denver Pacific Railway steamed into town to save Denver from becoming a railroad-less ghost town. Read more from Dr. Colorado here: https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2018/ColoradoMagazine_v50n2_Spring1973.pdf
- Courtesy Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel
- Image from the Tom Noel Collection - The Denver Pacific Railway became the first to puff into the struggling baby city and boomed other towns along the line.