The industrial giant of Colorado Fuel & Iron was born on January 11, 1872 when General William Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and owner of the two-year-old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, filed incorporation papers. It acquired many iron and coal...
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Colorado Fuel & Iron Plant
The industrial giant of Colorado Fuel & Iron was born on January 11, 1872 when General William Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and owner of the two year-old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, filed incorporation papers. It acquired many iron and coal...
City Ditch
City Ditch is one of the oldest and most significant surviving pieces of early infrastructure in the Denver metropolitan area. Begun in the early 1860s and completed between 1864 and 1867, the 26-mile hand-dug irrigation ditch brought water from the South Platte River...