Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
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Interview with Flora Harrison, b. February 28, 1922. Flora discusses FIBArk, the D & RG passenger train, and being the first female surveyor in the state of Colorado.
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Durango to Silverton along the Animas River, on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, b/w postcard. Shows the top of a train, at a water tower.
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Exterior view of the Durango, Colorado, train station.
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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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A panoramic view of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park.
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The town is in the center of a large mountain range.
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A narrow gauge train is traveling through the mountains.
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Marie Klockenbrink was born in 1938. Marie discusses growing up in Fort Garland, in the San Luis Valley, and her spanish heritage. She also has a funny story about driving her brother's car into the side of the Post Office.
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The steam engine is rounding a corner in the autumn; lake in the background.
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Over the years more than $500,000,000 in silver, gold, lead and zinc have been taken from its mines. On three sides is the beautiful San Juan National Forest - over two million acres of stately aspen, pine and fir trees. Silverton is the northern ...
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A drawing of a train traveling through thick snow.
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A train travels along the side of a mountain through the Las Animas River Canyon.
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Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge train rounding a corner with views of a lake and autumn trees.
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View of the back of a passenger train at the Durango station with people on board.
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Picture of Durango-Silverton train coming around the bend above Shalona Lake.
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Interview with Irene Budd, b. April 12, 1917 and died Aug. 22, 2012. Irene discusses her struggle with tuberculosis, and raising two kids in Salida, Colorado.
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A sepia postcard of a train with some mountains in the background.
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Interview with T. Rex Rhodes, born Feb. 17, 1925 and died April 13, 2008. T. Rex reminisces about ice skating, swimming, the ski train, fun with the Frantz family, and why 1936 was a big year in Salida.
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A color photograph of the Silverton Narrow Gauge and Needle Mountains. The train can be seen blowing smoke out, surrounded by mountains.
