Burlington Public Library

Recounts the growth of the Union Pacific Railroad empire during its pioneering period in the late 1800s and its role in the settlement of the American West.

An embittered gunslinger attempts to make amends with his estranged father while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.

"John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the 'little family' of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in Colorado soon evolves into an all-out battle as each man...

A history of the two branches of the Denver & Rio Grande that serviced Wet Mountain Valley from 1881 to 1938.

"A few hours after he had a violent argument with the railroad's lawyer, tough rancher Wyatt Kearsage was dead! Two days later, quick-drawing, smart-thinking Gregory Quist ran headlong into trouble when he started to investigate the murder of the man who had refused the railroad passage through his ranch. Heads were smashed and guns thundered as Quist tangled with the railroad's lawyer, beat up the belligerent saloon keeper, played cat-and-mouse with...