Rival Gangs Battle for Railroad Expansion in Royal Gorge



In 1879, railroad rivals Santa Fe Railway and Rio Grande Railroad were in a desperate struggle for control of vital rights of way in the Western US. The rivalry reached a boiling point in Colorado’s narrow Royal Gorge.

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