Yankee Doodle Lake, COLORADO

Description: Yankee Doodle Lake, COLORADO - 1908: This image is of Yankee Doodle Lake, a lake in Boulder County in the state of Colorado located just 7.7 miles from Nederland, in the state of Colorado, near Corona (historical), CO. Guinn Mountain, encircling Yankee Doodle Lake, was used for mining from the early 1870s through the establishment of the railroad in 1904. At the start of the twentieth century, the prominent Denver businessman David Moffat became determined to build a transcontinental railroad west from Denver to Salt Lake City and ultimately to the Pacific. To realize his transcontinental dream, Moffat incorporated the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad in July 1902. This railroad was later reorganized as the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad. It was estimated that a tunnel under the mountains would take at least two or three years to build, however, so in the meantime the railroad decided to build a temporary route that would cross the divide at Rollins Pass. Eventually known as the Moffat Road (or the Hill Route), the route followed the old wagon road from South Boulder Creek to Jenny Creek. It then took a longer but gentler route the rest of the way to the pass. Major landmarks along the way included Yankee Doodle Lake, which the railroad looped around to make a 180 degree turn; Needle’s Eye Tunnel; and the Devil’s Slide Twin Trestles high above the South Fork of Middle Boulder Creek. On the western side of the divide, the railroad descended via a series of switchbacks (even looping under itself at one point) to get down to the Berthoud Pass wagon road on the valley floor. This Undivided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1913, is in good condition, but shows some edge wear. Williamson Haffner Co. Publishers. No. 1544.

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