Narrow Gauge in the family 3

This post should technically be before part 2.  Here Anna Lee Ames Frohlich explains the early planning for the narrow gauge up Clear Creek.  The part I most enjoyed about this article is that she quotes several times from her distant relative's diaries.  He was a stock holder in the Colorado Central and his diaries reference actual events including board meetings and visits to potential construction sites.

An example from October 8th, 1870 is: “Snowy this morning. Stopped at Denver last night and took cars for Golden City in the morning. Fine country part of way up to Golden City Road seems to have been well built. Looked up the ravine which he (?) wishes to have us build a narrow gauge road up some 6 miles.”