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Related Historical Markers
Denver Public Library
Marker detail: 1909 D&RGW & SLVS Maps
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Colorado, Costilla County, Fort Garland — Railroad Steams into El Valle de San Luis —  |
| Secured by the U.S. Military from attacks by native peoples, new settlements and mining camps began developing in the San Luis Valley. Long used trails and wagon roads were updated and turned into toll roads. 'I had a dream' wrote William . . . — — Map (db m295486) HM | |||
| 2 ► Colorado, Costilla County, Blanca — The San Luis Southern Railway — |
| Rail transportation reached the San Luis Valley in the form of the narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway, completed to Alamosa in 1878. The track was standard-gauged in 1899. Meanwhile, efforts to cultivate the Valley demonstrated the soil's . . . — — Map (db m281433) HM | |||