Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Begun in 1872, the Clear Creek narrow gauge historic railroad was the first narrow gauge line to penetrate directly into the Colorado Rockies. Built under Union Pacific sponsorship as the Colorado Central Railroad, the little line later became an important cornerstone of a subsidiary of the larger road--the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway. After a lengthy receivership during the 1890's, the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf in turn emerged as a new,...