~~~THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE RAILROAD ERA IN COLORADO~1948~Davis~214 pages

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BookTrain ~ BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE :Born in 1884, E. O. Davis graduated from the University of Nebraska,where he studied engineering. In 1905, the Burlington Railroad hiredhim. In 1906, he relocated to Denver because the Union Pacific RailroadCompany hired him as a civil engineer. Davis supervised theconstruction of coal mine tracks in northern Colorado, and theoverpasses and underpasses in Denver and along the Union Pacific line.During his career, Davis actually walked every foot of track laidduring the first five years of the railroad era in Colorado with theexception of the Denver and Rio Grande tracks from Denver to Pueblo.(This period became the subject of his book published in 1947). In1945, Davis retired from his position of Office and Division Engineerwith the Union Pacific Railroad Company.Davis\'s interest in railroading carried over from his work to apersonal investigation into railroading history. In 1945, theEngineering Bulletin, a trade magazine for the industry, beganpublishing his historical articles Seventy-five Years Ago. Davis wrotethese articles from accounts he gathered through newspaper articles anddiaries of the time. The magazine published his articles until 1957. In1947 Davis\'s book, The First Five Years of the Railroad Era in Coloradowas published. Davis compiled material from his articles for twoadditional books on Colorado railroading history. His articles alsoappeared in Colorado MagazineIn 1955, a legal firm, Knowles and Shaw, hired Davis to conducthistorical research. The Firm defended the Union Pacific RailroadCompany in a lawsuit over mineral rights. Again in 1957, he was hiredas a historical research for a lawsuit brought by the Ute Indian tribeagainst the United States over mineral rights. He served as bothpresident and historian of the Union Pacific Old Timers Club. He was amember of the Colorado Historical Society and the Colorado Society ofEngineers until his death in 1962.The First Five Years of the Railroad Era in ColoradoJUNE 19, 1867, TO JUNE 19, 1872JULESBURG TO PUEBLOIN FIVE YEARSby Elmer Orville DavisVery Scarce ~ Out of PrintUSED—Very Good conditionDESCRIPTION: Hardbound; dust jacket very good; about 5½\" x 8½\'\'; 214pages; two maps; index. Complete, no missing material and minimalextraneous marks or underlining.PUBLISHER: Sage Books, Inc.; , CO (1948)OCLC NUMBER: 1226209PREFACE:The purpose of this compilation of events covering early railroadconstruction in Colorado is to unify many conflicting records andverbal reports on datesand men connected with the earliest period ofsuch construction.With the politics, finances, surveys, propaganda, and promotion ofvarious railroad schemes in the state, this diary of events is notparticularly interested. To record actual track construction isprimarily its purpose.Facts have been secured from the two principal newspapers published inDenver during the period embraced-June 19, 1867, to June 19, 1872.Fairly complete volumes of these are on file in the library of theState Historical Society and in the Western Collection of the DenverPublic Library. Most generally used were the Rocky Mountain News,edited by William N. Byers from 1859 to 1878, and the Colorado, orDenver, Tribune, edited by Roger W. Woodbury. Other early newspapers ofthe state were examined. Also consulted were the engineering maps andrecords of the City of Denver and of the Union Pacific and otherrailroads.Of the first three railroads to enter Colorado-the Union Pacific(Omaha, through Julesburg, Colorado, to Ogden, Utah), the DenverPacific (Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Denver, Colorado), and the KansasPacific (Kansas City to Denver) all are now a part of the Union Pacificand have been since 1880.CONTENTS:INTRODUCTION AND AN EXPLANATION OF END MAPSPART ONEBuilding the Union Pacific Railway from Omaha, Nebraska, throughJulesburg, Colorado, to Promontory,Utah-December 2, 1863, to May 10, 1869. (That part located in Coloradowas built between June 19 and June 26, 1867.)PART TWOBuilding the Denver Pacific Railway from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Evans,Colorado-September 11, 1869, to December 13, 1869PART THREEBuilding the Kansas Pacific Railway from Sharon Springs, Kansas, to KitCarson, Colorado - December 13, 1869, to March 28, 1870PART FOURBuilding the Kansas Pacific Railway from Kit Carson, Colorado, to Hugo,Colorado, and the Denver Pacific Railroad from Evans, Colorado, toDenver, Colorado-May 1, 1870, to July 4, 1870PART FIVEBuilding the Kansas Pacific Railway from Hugo, Colorado, to Strasburg,Colorado, and from Denver, Colorado, to Strasburg-July 5, 1870, toAugust 15, 1870PART SIXBuilding the Colorado Central Railway from Denver, Colorado, to Golden,Colorado-August 26, 1870, to September 22, 1870PART SEVENBuilding the Boulder Valley Railway from Brighton, Colorado, to Erie,Colorado-December 5, 1870, to January 14, 1871PART EIGHTBuilding the Denver and Rio Grande Railway from Denver, Colorado, toColorado Springs, Colorado-July 28, 1871, to October 21, 1871PART NINEBuilding the Denver and Rio Grande Railway from Colorado Springs,Colorado, to Pueblo, Colorado-March 26, 1872, to June 19, 1872PART TENSummary of the first five years of the Railroad Era in ColoradoPERSONS MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK:Ainsley, Ames, Anderson, Anthony, Archer, Armour, Armstrong, Augur,AultBabcock, Bailey, Ball, Bancroft, Banning, Barker, Barnum, Barrow,Bates, Beace, Bell, Bennett, Beri, Berthoud, Billings, Bittinger,Bowen, Boyd, Bradford, Bridger, Brinker, Brinkerhoff, Brown, Browne,Bush, Buttles, ByersCameron, Campbell, Carlson, Carmichael, Carpiots, Carr, Carson, Carter,Case, Chamberlain, Chapman, Cheesman, Civer, Clark, Clarke, Clayton,Cleborne, Clements, Coe, Cofield, Cole, Collier, Colton, Craig, Criley,Cross, Culver, CusterDaniels, Dawson, Denver, Dickey, Dillon, Dix, Dodge, Downs, Dudley,Duff, DurantEarll, Eaton, Eicholtz, EvansField, Fields, Filley, Fisher, Fisk, Foster, FowlesGallavan, Garner, Gilman, Gilpin, Gilson, Golden, Gorcand, Grant, Gray,Green, Gregory, GuilfordHammond, Hanna, Harmon, Harper, Hartman, Heine, Henderson, Hendy,Herring, Higgins, Hill, Hodges, Holbrook, Holcomb, Hook, Hoskins,House, Howard, Hoxie, Hughes, Hugo, Hunt, Huntington, HustedJackson, Jamison, Johnson, JonesKeeler, Keenan, Kirby, Kountze, KuntzLambert, Larimer, Latham, Lee, Lincoln, Little, Londoner, Loomis,Loveland, Lupton, LytleMaddux, Marchant, Martin, McCook, McCord, McCormick, McGuire, McLane,McOllough, Mead, Meeker, Meier, Meigs, Mersereau, Meyer, Miles,Mitchell, Moffat, Mullen, MurrinNawabury, Neimeyer, Nelson, Nichols, Norcross, Nunn, NuttO\'Brien, O\'Connell, OgdenPalmer, Parks, Perry, Pershing, Peterson, Phelps, Pierce, Pike, Pile,Poor, Poors, Pope, Porter, Potter, Potts, Powell, Proctor, Prue,PullmanRandall, Raymond, Reed, Reno, Rice, Ridgeway, Rodgers, Routt, RussellSagendorff, Saloman, Sargeant, Saunders, Schryver, Schudder, Schuyler,Scott, Seymour, Sheridan, Sherman, Sickles, Slade, Smead, Smith, Snow,Snyder, Sopris, Stage, Stanford, Stanley, Stanton, Steel, Straight,StrasburgTabor, Teller, Thompson, Towne, TritchVasquez, VaughnWadsworth, Wait, Walker, Wallace, Warren, Watkins, Watts, Waugh, Weed,Weiss, West, Whitney, Winsor, Wilson, Wisely, Witter, Womelsdorff,Woodbury, Woods, WoodwardYoungBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE :

Bornin 1884, E. O. Davis graduated from the University of Nebraska, wherehe studied engineering. In 1905, the Burlington Railroad hiredhim. In 1906, he relocated to Denver because the Union Pacific RailroadCompany hired him as a civil engineer. Davis supervised theconstruction of coal mine tracks in northern Colorado, and theoverpasses and underpasses in Denver and along the Union Pacific line.During his career, Davis actually walked every foot of track laidduring the first five years of the railroad era in Colorado with theexception of the Denver and Rio Grande tracks from Denver to Pueblo.(This period became the subject of his book published in 1947). In1945, Davis retired from his position of Office and Division Engineerwith the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Davis\'sinterest in railroading carried over from his work to a personalinvestigation into railroading history. In 1945, theEngineeringBulletin, a trade magazine for the industry, began publishinghis historical articlesSeventy-five Years Ago.Davis wrote these articles from accounts he gathered through newspaperarticles and diaries of the time. The magazine published his articlesuntil 1957. In 1947 Davis\'s book,The First Five Years of the Railroad Era in Coloradowaspublished. Davis compiled material from his articles for two additionalbooks on Colorado railroading history. His articles also appeared inColoradoMagazine

In1955, a legal firm, Knowles and Shaw, hired Davis to conduct historicalresearch. The Firm defended the Union Pacific Railroad Company in alawsuit over mineral rights. Again in 1957, he was hired as ahistorical research for a lawsuit brought by the Ute Indian tribeagainst the United States over mineral rights. He served as bothpresident and historian of the Union Pacific Old Timers Club. He was amember of the Colorado Historical Society and the Colorado Society ofEngineers until his death in 1962.

TheFirst Five Years of the Railroad Era in ColoradoJUNE 19, 1867, TO JUNE 19, 1872
JULESBURG TO PUEBLO
IN FIVE YEARS
by Elmer Orville Davis
Very Scarce ~ Out of Print

USED—Very Good condition

DESCRIPTION:Hardbound; dustjacket very good; about 5½\"x 8½\'\';214 pages; two maps; index. Complete, no missing material, extraneousmarks or underlining.
PUBLISHER:Sage Books, Inc.; Colorado (1948)
OCLC NUMBER: 1226209
PREFACE:The purpose of this compilation of eventscovering early railroad construction in Colorado is to unify manyconflicting records and verbal reports on dates and men connected withthe earliest period of such construction.

With the politics, finances,surveys, propaganda, and promotion of various railroad schemes in thestate, this diary of events is not particularly interested. To recordactual track construction is primarily its purpose.

Facts have been secured fromthe two principal newspapers published in Denver during the periodembraced-June 19, 1867, to June 19, 1872. Fairly complete volumes ofthese are on file in the library of the State Historical Society and inthe Western Collection of the Denver Public Library. Most generallyused were the Rocky Mountain News, edited by William N. Byers from 1859to 1878, and the Colorado, or Denver, Tribune, edited by Roger W.Woodbury. Other early newspapers of the state were examined. Alsoconsulted were the engineering maps and records of the City of Denverand of the Union Pacific and other railroads.

Of the first three railroadsto enter Colorado-the Union Pacific (Omaha, through Julesburg,Colorado, to Ogden, Utah), the Denver Pacific (Cheyenne, Wyoming, toDenver, Colorado), and the Kansas Pacific (Kansas City to Denver) allare now a part of the Union Pacific and have been since 1880.

CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION AND ANEXPLANATION OF END MAPS

PART ONE
Building the Union Pacific Railwayfrom Omaha, Nebraska, through Julesburg, Colorado, to Promontory,
Utah-December 2, 1863, to May10, 1869. (That part located in Colorado was built between June19 and June 26, 1867.)

PART TWO
Building the Denver Pacific Railwayfrom Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Evans, Colorado-September 11, 1869, toDecember 13, 1869

PART THREE
Building the Kansas Pacific Railwayfrom Sharon Springs, Kansas, to Kit Carson, Colorado - December 13,1869, to March 28, 1870

PART FOUR
Building the Kansas Pacific Railwayfrom Kit Carson, Colorado, to Hugo, Colorado, and the Denver PacificRailroad from Evans, Colorado, to Denver, Colorado-May 1, 1870, to July4, 1870

PART FIVE
Building the Kansas Pacific Railwayfrom Hugo, Colorado, to Strasburg, Colorado, and from Denver, Colorado,to Strasburg-July 5, 1870, to August 15, 1870

PART SIX
Building the Colorado Central Railwayfrom Denver, Colorado, to Golden, Colorado-August 26, 1870, toSeptember 22, 1870

PART SEVEN
Building the Boulder Valley Railwayfrom Brighton, Colorado, to Erie, Colorado-December 5, 1870, to January14, 1871

PART EIGHT
Building the Denver and Rio GrandeRailway from Denver, Colorado, to Colorado Springs, Colorado-July 28,1871, to October 21, 1871

PART NINE
Building the Denver and Rio GrandeRailway from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Pueblo, Colorado-March 26,1872, to June 19, 1872

PART TEN
Summary of the first five years of theRailroad Era in ColoradoPERSONS MENTIONED INTHIS BOOK:
Ainsley,Ames, Anderson, Anthony, Archer, Armour, Armstrong, Augur, Ault

Babcock,Bailey, Ball, Bancroft, Banning, Barker, Barnum, Barrow, Bates, Beace,Bell, Bennett, Beri, Berthoud, Billings, Bittinger, Bowen, Boyd,Bradford, Bridger, Brinker, Brinkerhoff, Brown, Browne, Bush, Buttles,Byers

Cameron,Campbell, Carlson, Carmichael, Carpiots, Carr, Carson, Carter, Case,Chamberlain, Chapman, Cheesman, Civer, Clark, Clarke, Clayton,Cleborne, Clements, Coe, Cofield, Cole, Collier, Colton, Craig, Criley,Cross, Culver, Custer

Daniels,Dawson, Denver, Dickey, Dillon, Dix, Dodge, Downs, Dudley, Duff, Durant

Earll,Eaton, Eicholtz, Evans

Field,Fields, Filley, Fisher, Fisk, Foster, Fowles

Gallavan,Garner, Gilman, Gilpin, Gilson, Golden, Gorcand, Grant, Gray, Green,Gregory, Guilford

Hammond,Hanna, Harmon, Harper, Hartman, Heine, Henderson, Hendy, Herring,Higgins, Hill, Hodges, Holbrook, Holcomb, Hook, Hoskins, House, Howard,Hoxie, Hughes, Hugo, Hunt, Huntington, Husted

Jackson,Jamison, Johnson, Jones

Keeler,Keenan, Kirby, Kountze, Kuntz

Lambert,Larimer, Latham, Lee, Lincoln, Little, Londoner, Loomis, Loveland,Lupton, Lytle

Maddux,Marchant, Martin, McCook, McCord, McCormick, McGuire, McLane,McOllough, Mead, Meeker, Meier, Meigs, Mersereau, Meyer, Miles,Mitchell, Moffat, Mullen, Murrin

Nawabury,Neimeyer, Nelson, Nichols, Norcross,Nunn,Nutt

O\'Brien,O\'Connell, Ogden

Palmer,Parks, Perry, Pershing, Peterson, Phelps, Pierce, Pike, Pile, Poor,Poors, Pope, Porter, Potter, Potts, Powell, Proctor, Prue, Pullman

Randall,Raymond, Reed, Reno, Rice, Ridgeway, Rodgers, Routt, Russell

Sagendorff,Saloman, Sargeant, Saunders, Schryver, Schudder, Schuyler, Scott,Seymour, Sheridan, Sherman, Sickles, Slade, Smead, Smith, Snow, Snyder,Sopris, Stage, Stanford, Stanley, Stanton, Steel, Straight, Strasburg

Tabor,Teller, Thompson, Towne, Tritch

Vasquez,Vaughn

Wadsworth,Wait, Walker, Wallace, Warren, Watkins, Watts, Waugh, Weed, Weiss,West, Whitney, Winsor, Wilson, Wisely, Witter, Womelsdorff, Woodbury,Woods, Woodward

Young