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30 people died and 54 people were injured when Passenger Train No.2 went off the tracks about 2 miles northwest of Granite. The wreck was spread along the tracks in ‘zig—zag’ fashion and most of the dead were found in car #3. A commissioner’s report later determined that car #3 was at one point standing perpendicularly in the air before coming to a rest on its side in the Arkansas River.
Dr. Larimer happened to be driving by at the time...
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A photograph from an unidentified train wreck near Garfield, Colorado. This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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A photograph from an unidentified train wreck near Garfield, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Ray Lines was drafted into the Army to serve in World War I. An explosive shell killed him on
September 18, 1918 and his burial took place in Salida, Colorado in 1922.
Salida held a military funeral on April 23, 1922 in honor of Ray Lines. It was a grand affair, complete with
band, color guard, pastors and pallbearers, military veterans and enlisted men, army nurses, a firing squad, and of course, mourners. There were American flags posted everywhere....
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Ray Lines was drafted into the Army to serve in World War I. An explosive shell killed him on
September 18, 1918 and his burial took place in Salida, Colorado in 1922.
Salida held a military funeral on April 23, 1922 in honor of Ray Lines. It was a grand affair, complete with
band, color guard, pastors and pallbearers, military veterans and enlisted men, army nurses, a firing squad, and of course, mourners. There were American flags posted everywhere....
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Ruth poses in colonial costume.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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A postcard of rodeo star Red Sublett being bucked around by Topsy.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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About a mile and a half west of Salida, the two engines of Passenger Train No. 16 were wrecked due to a rail washout on the line. The washout extended for about a hundred yards and the first engine fell in and buried itself, followed by the second engine, which rammed against it. Before the wreck occurred, Engineer Reardon averted disaster when he noticed a cautionary headlight given off by a neighboring switch engine. Using his ‘customary Safety...
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About a mile and a half west of Salida, the two engines of Passenger Train No. 16 were wrecked due to a rail washout on the line. The washout extended for about a hundred yards and the first engine fell in and buried itself, followed by the second engine, which rammed against it. Before the wreck, Engineer Reardon averted disaster when he noticed a cautionary headlight given off by a neighboring switch engine. Using his ‘customary Safety First caution’,...
70. Ruth Roach
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Cowgirl Ruth Roach poses with her horse.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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A view from Salida, Colorado looking south towards Methodist Mountain.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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30 people died and 54 people were injured when Passenger Train No.2 went off the tracks about 2 miles northwest of Granite. The wreck was spread along the tracks in ‘zig—zag’ fashion and most of the dead were found in car #3. A commissioner’s report later determined that car #3 was at one point standing perpendicularly in the air before coming to a rest on its side in the Arkansas River.
Dr. Larimer happened to be driving by at the time...
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30 people died and 54 people were injured when Passenger Train No.2 went off the tracks about 2 miles northwest of Granite. The wreck was spread along the tracks in ‘zig—zag’ fashion and most of the dead were found in car #3. A commissioner’s report later determined that car #3 was at one point standing perpendicularly in the air before coming to a rest on its side in the Arkansas River.
Dr. Larimer happened to be driving by at the time...
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30 people died and 54 people were injured when Passenger Train No.2 went off the tracks about 2 miles northwest of Granite. The wreck was spread along the tracks in ‘zig—zag’ fashion and most of the dead were found in car #3. A commissioner’s report later determined that car #3 was at one point standing perpendicularly in the air before coming to a rest on its side in the Arkansas River.
Dr. Larimer happened to be driving by at the time...
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30 people died and 54 people were injured when Passenger Train No.2 went off the tracks about 2 miles northwest of Granite. The wreck was spread along the tracks in ‘zig—zag’ fashion and most of the dead were found in car #3. A commissioner’s report later determined that car #3 was at one point standing perpendicularly in the air before coming to a rest on its side in the Arkansas River.
Dr. Larimer happened to be driving by at the time...
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.