Nostalgia & History > Nathrop, Colorado

Nathrop is a location about 8 miles south of Buena Vista, Colorado that at one time was the intersection of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad [later Colorado Southern Railroad] and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
 
http://www.fourteenernet.com/history/history-of-nathrop
 
http://www.chaffeecountytimes.com/free_content/article_dc91d902-8ae5-11e4-8ab7-fb9181178c93.html
 
Picture 1, The Nathrop Depot of the Denver & Rio Grand and Denver, South Park and Pacific railroads. 
 
Picture 2, Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad from Wikipedia. 
 
Picture 3. Enlargement of picture 2 that shows Nathrop more clearly. 
 

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http://www.ross-crain.com/rr_dsp1bc-tracks.htm
 
Picture 4, Map of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad.   
 
Picture 5, Map showing that the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad and the Denver and Rio Grande had a joint depot in 1884.
 

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I did a search for Walter E. Brown on Ancestry and found on the 1910 Census that he was a telegraph operator for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad at Nathrop.  I also found his registration for World War I that was issued on September 12,1918 and showed Mr. Brown working at Nathrop. 
 
Picture 6, Registration. 
 

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My Mother was born on September 18, 1900 in St. Elmo, Colorado.  When she was in the second grade [1917?] her family moved to Silverton and on to Eureka.  They would have taken the Colorado Southern Railroad from St. Elmo to Nathrop and then changed to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad at Nathrop.  They would have gone south to Antonito and west to Durango and north to Silverton.  When they moved from Silverton to Eureka they would have taken the Silverton Northern Railroad. 
 
Perhaps when my Mother’s family waited for their Denver and Rio Grande Railroad train south at the depot in Nathrop, Mr. Brown was there. 
 

Thanks for all of the research!!