Saturday, March 31, 2018

Video of DSP&P grade near Cliffdale

I was not aware that Cliffdale existed!  In this video that I found on Youtube, the narrator shows us a short stretch of South Park grade along the north fork of the South Platte River that led to Cliffdale, a town (once?) a bit to the west of Pine. 




The description of the video is as follows: "Back in the late 19th century, the Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad, and later the Colorado Southern used to travel along the North Fork of the South Platte River here near Cliffdale. Today the tracks are gone, but you can still walked along their path at Pine Valley Park, near Pine, Colorado."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Look up the Cliffdale Park subdivision plat in Jefferson County records recorded 1925. It will show an arrow on the plat with a label "to railroad station".

Denver said...

Thanks for the recommendation. Can this be done online? I tried to Google it, Jefferson County records required a subscription to access. Is there another way to see the plat?