"Died on a Railroad in Colorado": Colorado Railroad Fatalities 1870 ? 1925

by Robert W. McLeod

At the dawn of the 20th century, the number of persons being killed on railroads in the United States was nothing short of appalling. Newspapers were replete with railroad-wreck stories, sometimes described in only three sentences but, still publicized and often in gruesome detail. Horrendously fatal accidents were a near-daily occurrence somewhere in the country. Statistics from 1907 indicate that, since the founding of the railroad industry, almost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1981578536
• ISBN13: 9781981578535
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"