It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when the arrival of a train was an event worth writing home about.
In the summer of 1870, the railroad finally reached Peirce City.
For the people living in the Clear Creek valley, it marked their first real connection to the outside world by rail — something that would begin to change everyday life.
Newspapers at the time announced the milestone with a lot of optimism. The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad had extended its line westward, and almost overnight Peirce City became a working terminal…