From the September 8, 1876 edition of the Fort Collins Coloradoan:
The Denver & Rio Grande is graded to Silverton.
From the September 9, 1876 edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette:
ANIMAS TOLL ROAD
PUSHED THROUGH.
Work is being pushed with energy up on the Animas Valley wagon road. Some eighteen or twenty men are at work within a couple of miles of Silverton, building bridges and we understand it is the intention of the projectors to increase their force and pu…
