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A Zephyr wreck in Glenwood Canyon. On March 29, 1968, a passenger train was passing through Glenwood Canyon near Grizzly Creek when it derailed. Two of the diesel locomotives, F9A 5774 and F9B 5773, were later retired and sold for scrap to Barter Machinery & Supply Company out of Denver in May of 1969. Motorists can be seen on the other side of the river observing the wreck,
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Marvin Borah sits near the ledge of a rock in Gypsum Canyon. His dog, King, is standing behind him. "Pushing the rock over Gypsum Canyon. Marvin Borah and King, 1925." -- Alda Borah
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909]. "The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...