DENVER AS A RAILROAD CENTRE

"A city of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows."

     In ancient times all roads led to Rome. In Western America all railroads lead to Denver.

     In 1859 Denver was over 700 miles west of the nearest railroad. In June, 1870, the first railroad reached Denver, being the Denver Pacific, connecting with the main line of the Union Pacific at Cheyenne. In August, 1870, the Kansas Pacific Railroad also reached Denver.

     Colorado now contains 5,000 miles of railroad, all radiating from Denver and furnishing easy access, from Denver as the "hub," to practically every farming and mining district in the State.

     Eight "trunk lines" run regular daily trains into Denver, viz.: the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the Burlington & Missouri Railway, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, the Colorado Midland Railway, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the Missouri Pacific Railway, the Union Pacific Railway, and the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway.

     The above railways and their connections (as for instance, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad with its western connection, the Rio Grande Western Railway to Salt Lake City, and the Union Pacific Railway with its eastern connection, the Chicago & Northwestern Railway to Chicago) represent an aggregate of over 26,000 miles of railroads radiating from Denver.

Above: Union Depot

     By means of such railroads Denver is within twenty-eight hours of Chicago and fifty-two hours of New York.

     By means of such railroads Denver is increasingly becoming a "summer resort" for the refugees from the "heated term" in the Middle, Eastern and Southern States, and a "winter resort" for the refugees from the inclement winters of New England and other sections of America.

Sixteenth Street Viaduct and Cattle Yards