Gulf To Rockies : : The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver–Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861–1898 / / Richard C. Overton.
Gulf to Rockies is a chapter in the business and economic history of the American West and the story of two of the most colorful railroad builders of the nineteenth century. Throughout the 1860s the mineral treasures of Colorado were virtually inaccessible for lack of railroads. Even after a hectic...
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