The Route of the Rio Grande
- Denver, CO: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1926
Denver, CO: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1926. [30pp.] Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Promotional piece for the D&RGW that is illustrated with thirteen full-page tinted photographs. Images include Timpanogos, Saltair, Bryce, Taos and Ogden Canyon.
"They must come to anyone with a flicker of imagination who travels on the Denver & Rio Grande Western, either along the main line to Salt Lake and Ogden from Denver, or around the magic circle which embraces the southern peaks of Colorado, or southward from Antonito through the land of the Indian pueblos to historic Santa Fe, or along the Utah branch which takes one into the weird formations of Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Zion National Park and the North Rim of the Grand Canon." - pg. 2.
"They must come to anyone with a flicker of imagination who travels on the Denver & Rio Grande Western, either along the main line to Salt Lake and Ogden from Denver, or around the magic circle which embraces the southern peaks of Colorado, or southward from Antonito through the land of the Indian pueblos to historic Santa Fe, or along the Utah branch which takes one into the weird formations of Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Zion National Park and the North Rim of the Grand Canon." - pg. 2.
Details
Title
The Route of the Rio Grande
Author
Chapman, Arthur
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad: Denver, CO
Date
1926