Rollins Pass

by B. Travis Wright MPS, Kate Wright MBA, Jason M. LaBelle PhD (Foreword by)

Overview

The ribbon of dusty road on Rollins Pass has a timeless and beloved history. First known as Boulder Pass, this comparatively low saddle on the Continental Divide in Colorado has been in continuous use for millennia. First utilized as an expansive Native American game drive complex, the pass subsequently functioned as a toll wagon road in the 1860s. At the turn of the 20th century, Rollins Pass became the highest standard-gauge adhesion railroad grade in North America—an achievement still standing today. However, this overmountain route, known as Corona Pass, was inefficient and dangerous: resolute men tasked with the impossible faced high elevations with even higher risks of injury or death. A safer, permanent route came in 1928 by way of the Moffat Tunnel. The rails of Rollins Pass were then removed, freeing the automobile to tour the historic road. No matter the epoch, the legacy of Rollins Pass abides: a preeminently scenic route to the top of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467127714
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/14/2018
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,097,830
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

B. Travis Wright, MPS, and Kate Wright, MBA, volunteer on Rollins Pass as apprentice archaeologists for Colorado State University and for the US Forest Service. Their collaboration with multidisciplinary experts helps bring to life a mountain of pictorial treasures, many of which are published within for the first time.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 8

1 Rock Walls and the Great Hunt: 8000 BC-AD 1850 11

2 Horse and Wagon: 1862-1880 17

3 Iron and Steam: 1880-1928 25

4 Disregarded and Overlooked: 1928-1956 83

5 Steel and Gasoline: 1956-1990 101

6 Present Day and Looking towards the Future: 1990 Onwards 117

Bibliography 126

About the Organization 127