Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Colton Crossing is a railway crossing situated in Colton, California, directly south of Interstate 10.It is where the Sunset Route and the Southern Transcon intersect.. First built in 1883, it was the site of one of the most intense frog wars in railroad construction history, leading to a personal confrontation between famed lawman Virgil Earp and California Governor Robert Waterman.
Colton was the site of conflict between the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at Colton Crossing when both railroads wanted to cross through the town. Virgil Earp lived in Colton at 528 West “H” Street [8] where he was the town's first marshal. [9] He resided in Colton from 1883 to 1889.
This is a route-map template for the Colton Crossing, a California railway junction.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
In one instance, the California Southern was set to build a level junction across the SP tracks in Colton, a move that would end Southern Pacific's monopoly in Southern California. [14] The Colton Crossing was the site of one of the more notable frog wars in American railroad history. In the summer of 1882, tensions reached their boiling point ...
Colton Carnegie Library; Colton Crossing; Colton High School (California) Colton Joint Unified School District; Colton Liberty Flag; Colton Line; I. Interstate 215 ...
The Southern Transcon is a main line of the BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois.Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, when it opened the Belen Cutoff in New Mexico (going through eastern New Mexico, northwestern Texas, briefly part of western Oklahoma and to Kansas) and bypassed the steep ...
The Colton's Crossing Bridge, in Ransom County, North Dakota, United States, near Lisbon, North Dakota, also known as Sheyenne River Bridge, was built in 1907. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1997.
Colton Crossing; K. Katarina Elevator; W. Winona and St. Peter Railroad Freight House This page was last edited on 13 April 2020, at 03:42 (UTC). Text is ...