Doris B. Osterwald (1921–2014)

"Milepost No. 465.5 - Golden Horseshoe Resort is below the track and along the highway. It was originally Pinkerton Hot Springs for Judge J.H. Pinkerton. The Pinkertons were the fifth family to settle in the lower Animas Valley."


This is a detailed account of every mile along the route of the Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The entries reference historical, cultural, social and geological elements making this book both comprehensive and valuable for riders that are still able to take the same trip nearly fifty years later.… (mere)

The smell of cinders and smoke is part of my earliest memories, since my first home was the upstairs apartment of the Burlington depot in Pleasant Dale, NE. Yes, my dears, they were still using steam engines back then. When my family took the Durango-Silverton trip on the narrow gauge railroad, I caught one lung-full and it all came back!

This trip is gorgeous, and this guidebook interprets and explains all you see, from the geologic formations, to the historic mining, to the rock that Butch and Sundance jumped off in the movie. ("Hell, the fall will probably kill you.")… (mere)