Voices of the Past: Lessons from the Rails (Part 1)
About this episode
Jeff Johnson discusses his lifelong connection to Colorado railroad history, tracing significant routes and events.
Jeff Johnson's connection to Durango began with a single train ride in 1973, when a family vacation turned into a lifelong calling. That trip aboard the narrow gauge to Silverton set him on a path of decades-long devotion to Colorado railroad history, from the earliest push of the Denver and Rio Grande down through Walsenburg, Alamosa, and Chama into Southwest Colorado, to the mining boom in Silverton that the rails were built to chase. In this episode, Jeff traces the routes, the resources, ...
People in this episode
Guest: Jeff Johnson
Topics covered
- railroad history
- Colorado
- train journeys
- mining boom
- Durango
- Silverton
Keywords
- railroad
- history
- Durango
- Silverton
- train ride
- Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Denver and Rio Grande
Places: Durango, Silverton, Colorado, Walsenburg, Alamosa, Chama, Southwest Colorado
More episodes of Beyond the Headlines
- Voices of the Past: Lessons from the Rails (Part 2)
- Voices of the Past: Lessons from the Land — The Agricultural History of Southwest Colorado (Part 2)
- Voices of the Past: Lessons from the Land (Part 1)
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