LEGEND OF THE WEST PIKE’S PEAK COG RAILROAD By Rod Williams SURNAMES: Hulbert, Kerr, Pike, Simmons, Treetor On all multiple items after the first, you will receive a 10% discount. Postage will be combined and refund granted if saved. INSERT THE NAME YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR IN THE BOX BELOW AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR eCRATER STORE IN THIS OR ANY OTHER TITLE OR NAME. Click here to check out our other products on eCRATER!Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History!Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for..Search titles and descriptions. Friends, I remember when my wife and tried to make it up Pike’s Peak. We had an old 54 Nash that huffed and puffed and got hot but finally made the climb. About halfway up, I wish I had taken the trip by rail -- only we didn’t have the money. How fascinating it is to read how the Cog railway was built by the pioneers that followed Zebulon Pike. Here is the rest of the story. Please read this. This is an overlooked story I found in an unusual and different magazine.. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on eCRATER every day but the rarer ones about railroads of the Old West are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Here’s one of ‘em. FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY COLLECTION AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES. TOM RUSSELL COLLECTIONFor more Information Please Visit:The Tom Russell Collection IF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILL WRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON eCRATER (ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS) AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO BUYITNOW! Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western heroes. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf gathering dust. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive. I hope you appreciate the effort. PIKE’S PEAK COG RAILROAD By Rod Williams Folks, sooner or later – Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are lying on some dealer’s dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, its worth all the time I spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Ancestors, Early Settlers, Forefathers, Pioneers and our Native American Indians, my indexed listings will include all names mentioned in the story from this time on. ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1884 era ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: COLORADO, PENNSYLVANIA, SWITZERLAND, GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: HULBERT, John – Najor in the U. S. Army who later became a stockholder in the Pike’s Peak Tramway Company – KERR, James H. – Organized the Pike’s Peak Tramway Company – one of first attempts to build a railroad up Pike’s Peak. PIKE, Zebulon M. – U. S. Army Lieutenant and founder of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. SIMMONS, Zalmon W. – Inventive American entrepreneur who joined Hulbert in forming the Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway Company. TREETOR, Henry – Author of article in Magazine of Western History. PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1- Photo of Pike’s Peak Express Fire Department in 1859. * (Courtesy of Rose Collection, University of Oklahoma) Picture 2- Photo of The Pike’s Peak Number 3. * (Courtesy of Thirty Five Slides) Picture 3 – Photo of Pike’s Peak Engine No. 3 making its way to the top. (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection) Picture 4 – U. S. Army Signal Station called “The Summit House.” (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection) Picture 5 – Photo of Pike’s Peak Engine No. 4 making its way to the top. (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection) Picture 6 – Photo of Manitou Springs. (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection) Picture 7 – Photo of one of those essential to the completion of the Cog Railway. (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection) PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE: U. S. Army Signal Station Abat System Alpine Mountins, Switzerland Baldwin Locomotive Works Battle of Kennesaw Mountains Boulder Railway Car Cog-Road Cog Railroad, Pike’s Peak, Colorado Cog-Wheel Route Colorado Colorado Springs Railway Car Cripple Creek Railway Car Crystal Park Cummings Engine Denver Railway Car Denver Times General Electric, Erie Pennsylvania Golden Spike Ceremony Iron Mountain Johnson Car Works, Springfield, Massachusetts. Leadville, Colorado Car Magazine of Western History Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway Co. Manitou Depot Manitou River Manitou Springs Manitou Springs Railway Car Mount Riga Cog Railway, Switzerland Mt. Washington Cog Railway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pike’s Peak, Colorado Pike’s Peak, Engine Number 3 * Pike’s Peak Express Fire Department * Pike’s Peak or Bust Pike’s Peak Tramway Company Rocky Mountains South Park Switzerland The Manitou Engine No. 2 The Pike’s Peak Engine No. 3 * The Summit House Vauclin Locomotive (Engine No. 4) Vauclin Locomotive (Engine No. 5) Vauclin Locomotive (Engine No. 6) Westinghouse Air Brakes Washington BIBLIOGRAPHY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: Hasings, Fred R., - Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway. Hollenback Frank R., - Pikes Peak by Rail. Russell, Jr., William - Pikes Peak by Rail. Yates, Richard – Where To Vacation In Colrado.. Taylor, Ralph C., - Colorado, South IOf The Border. Treetor, Henry Dudley- The Locomotives on Pikes Peak. Worthen, S. S.- Steep But Slow. PIKE’S PEAK COG RAILROAD By Rod Williams OLD RAILROAD LEGENDS AND MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING