Del Potter ran a little railroad he proudly named the Clifton and Northern. The line ran from the little town of Clifton to a mine north of town but the grandiose name seemed to fit. The Clifton and Northern Railroad had only one engine and that was pulled by a mule, but Del considered himself a full-fledged president of a railroad with rights to all privileges and courtesies.
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March 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- All Aboard for Santa Fe
- WILD OPEN SPACES: WHY WE LOVE WESTERNS
- CHASING THE RODEO
- GOLD! The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How it Shaped a Nation
- SEEING YELLOWSTONE IN 1871
- THE TOUGHEST GANG IN TOWN
- Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier
- DANCING WITH THE GOLDEN BEAR
- SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE, COWBOY STYLE
- Sunset Limited
- Arizona’s Apache Country
- SNAKE DANCE
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- Voice for Freedom
- Was Mike Williams an Abilene, Kansas, deputy at the time of the gunfight between Wild Bill Hickok and Phil Coe?
- What can you tell me about U.S. Army scout Al Sieber?
- “A Glorious Sight to See”
- Trailing John Wesley Powell
- Leadville, Colorado
- Hardy as Bears
- America’s Best Train Experience
- Train Towns
- Can you tell me more about Bill Miner, whose life story is the basis for the Canadian film The Grey Fox?