145 Years Ago
The July 9, 1879 Colorado Transcript included an advertisement for the Colorado Central Railroad, which was approaching its 9th anniversary of operation. The CCRR offered three trains each way between Golden & Denver.
They also went from Golden through Clear Creek Canyon, offering transportation to Black Hawk, Central City, Idaho Springs, and Georgetown.
At that time, they also had northbound trains which carried Golden-ites to Boulder, Longmont, Fort Collins, and Cheyenne. From Cheyenne, they could go anywhere, east or west, on the transcontinental railroad!
