1907 Moffat Road Byer's Canyon CO Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

Hold a piece of "Western grit" with this historic postcard capturing a steam locomotive of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway, famously known as the Moffat Road, steaming through the rugged Byer's Canyon. This engineering marvel, intended as a temporary route over the Continental Divide, was a bold attempt by Denver businessman David Moffat to connect the Front Range directly to Salt Lake City. The image depicts the high-country drama of the "Hill Route," where tracks hugged the rushing Colorado River between Hot Sulphur Springs and Kremmling. This card captures the road at its peak of glory, before the 1928 completion of the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel rendered this scenic but treacherous mountain passage obsolete.

Details

Era: Undivided Back 1900s (1907 postmark)
City: Canyon
State: Colorado
Country: United States of America
Topics: rain, Transportation - Railroads, Mountains, Scenic View, Waterway, Railroads, Trolleys
Artist/Photographer: Unsubstantiated, Lithograph
Condition: Circulated
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Publisher: Frank S. Thayer

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