Life-Long Learning opens with the history of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad

Durango, CO  – The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “The Rio Grande Southern Railroad: A Short, Eventful History” on Thursday, January 19 at 7 p.m. This free lecture will be held in Noble Hall, Rm. 130.

Cres Fleming, retired chemist, railroad historian, volunteer, and collector, shares how the RGS connected the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at Durango with the D&RG at Ridgway, CO. As recently discovered documents show, its construction and financing were unusual. Fleming will discuss boom times and receiverships, plus the development of the Galloping Geese to avoid bankruptcy.

For a complete schedule of this semester’s lectures, visit http://www.fortlewis.edu/professionalassociates.

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