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A railway line the Gilson Manufacturing Company created that ran from Crevasse, Colorado (later known as Mack, Colorado) to Black Dragon in order to mine natural asphalt from the Black Dragon uintaite vein.
The railway was headquartered in Mack, Colorado. It’s final destination and turning point was Watson, Utah. It’s main mission was to haul gilsonite, but it also included one passenger car. According to Mesa County History Project interviewee...
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The Mesa County Valley School District 51 was formed on November 27, 1950 from sixteen smaller school districts in Mesa County. These smaller districts, in turn, had formed as the result of prior consolidations. With the exception of De Beque and Plateau Valley, which formed their own school districts, every geographical area in the county became part of District 51. The District elected its first school board and appointed its first superintendent,...
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A cattle and sheep ranching operation that was owned by Rufus Tawney, which operated in the Minturn and Mack areas of Colorado beginning around 1905. When Rufus Tawney died in 1929, his grandson Rufus Hirons and the rest of the family decided to liquidate the company's assets. They did this six months before the Great Depression began, which allowed them to get a decent return.
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In 1974, Bill McKelvie, Steamboat Springs High School US History teacher, was a member of the Steamboat Springs Centennial-Bicentennial Committee who wanted to capture the oral histories of Routt County citizens and publish them in a magazine in time for the celebration. Bill agreed to facilitate the project through his classes during the 1974/75 school year. A dozen students, primarily from ranching families, were allowed to work independently...
