Railroad Race to Raton

Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs

Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives

 

 

The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads race to stake their claims on the strategic Raton Pass.

 

Railroads, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Denver and Rio Grande, Raton Pass