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The Pike's Peak Cog Road

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Description: Colorado's erstwhile Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway, latterly known as the Cog Road, is the highest scenic mountain railway in the world. Abbott presents the complete story of the railway, from the first proejcted railroad, the construction of the present Cog Road, the early operations, the steam locomotives, and the modern diesel trains. Included are descriptions of sights along the line, special trains, snow problems, the rolling stock, and the workings of the rack system--Adapted from jacket.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1972]
Call number: 644213
Creator: Abbott, Morris W(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0870950398; 9780870950391
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Donald Duke, 2015.

Maine Central Railroad Company; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company

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Includes photographs. Most items for Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway. For the Maine Central: photographs only.

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Cog railway, engine and car, summit of Pike's Peak

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The 122 prints depict Alaskan nature scenes, some Native American totems, and a variety of scenic views in the western United States. These photographs were taken circa 1890s. The collection is particularly strong in images of Caucasian tourists; Salt Lake City, Utah; Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Wrangell, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Alaskan natives; glaciers; British Columbia health resorts; and Western railway lines. Brigham Young, a leader of the Mormon Church, is listed as a personal name index term because a photograph of his grave is included in this collection.

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Summit of Pike's Peak

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Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company; Broadmoor Hotel Cog Railroad ("Broadmoor Mountaineer")

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Includes (selected items): 1948 annual report for Bangor and Aroostook; 1950s snapshots of streamliner train used on the Broadmoor Mountaineer cog railway, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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"Rocky" Study, base of Pike's Peak

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Government building, Pike's Peak

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A collection of glass plate and film negatives by amateur photographer and Los Angeles real estate broker George P. Thresher focusing on the American Southwest and Native Americans of the region, particularly of Arizona, and the Gila River crossing area, from ca. 1898 to 1910. The majority of the Thresher Collection contains images of towns and sites in Arizona, including Phoenix, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Montezuma Castle, Peach Springs, and adobe ruins. Photographs of Texas are well represented in the collection, including many views of Missions San Concepcion, San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), San Francisco de la Espada, and Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo. There are also images of Colorado (Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak, and Castle Rock), New Mexico (Santa Fe, Tesuque, and possibly Laguna), and unidentified pueblos. Notable portraits from California are of Victoriano, chief of the Soboba Indians, and his unnamed third wife. There is a separate and very interesting sequence of images depicting the Mount Beauty Mine and its operations in San Diego County, California. A small assortment of lantern slides is at the end of the collection showing Indians of Arizona, California, and New Mexico.

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