Morrison Excursion Train

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Title

Morrison Excursion Train

Date Created

1905

Subject

Railroads; Transportatioon; Buildings; Red Rocks Park (Colo.); Moountains; Evans, Mount (Colo.)

Description

Distant view of the daily 8 A.M. engine #194 excursion train from Denver to Morrison at 4 P.M. on the southern railroad. J. B. Walker commuted on this train until 1918, a political maneuver by Governor Evans for access to his hotel, the Evergreen House, in Morrison. The train is also used for tourists to go to Valley of the Titans (Red Rocks) train station (left), built 1872 along Bear Creek Avenue. Upper right is the cliff house, George Morrison House, which George Morrison built. Bear Creek runs along the left foreground. Information source: Lorene "Renie" Horton

Coverage

Colorado (state); Jefferson (county); Evergreen (inhabited place)

Type

Image

Identifier

ph000339; JCHS.05247

Format

Image/jpeg, 5 x 8 oversize

Source

Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society Photograph Collection; Jefferson County Historical Society; Bear Creek Canyon Folder; ph000339

Files

ph000339.jpg

Citation

“Morrison Excursion Train,” CSL Dev1, accessed March 13, 2025, https://dev1.cvlcollections.org/items/show/2097994.

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