HISTORY156 - Upper Colorado River Basin
Earlier this month Pat and I took Canyon Spirit’s luxury scenic train trip between Salt Lake City, Utah and Denver, Colorado. Besides thoroughly enjoying the vista car views, gourmet food, and outstanding service, we were impressed with two other aspects of the trip that are resulting in two blog topics. The train route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Denver, Colorado. The first aspect that really caught my attention was passing through the very deep, very narrow Glenwood Canyon, alongside the Colorado River, beginning at Glenwood Springs, and appreciating the incredible engineering and construction effort it must have taken to construct the track bed through the canyon. Moreover, traversing the same river bed in the canyon was Interstate 70, implying another incredible feat of engineering and construction. Documenting the history of Glenwood Canyon, including how the railroad route and interstate highway were constructed, will be the subject of my...