Ridgway, Colorado
May 25th 2009 It is safe to say that if Otto Mears had not conceived the building of a railroad from the Uncompahgre Valley to Durango, Colorado there might never have been a town called Ridgway, Colorado. In October, 1889, the Articles of Incorporation of the Rio Grande and Southern Railroad were signed and headquartered in Ridgway. The name Ridgway came from Robert M. Ridgway, who had been involved with th
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