{"product_id":"colorado-map-1904-railroad-print-denver-pueblo-grand-junction","title":"Colorado Map 1904 Railroad Print - Denver, Pueblo, Grand Junction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe American Bank Note Company, a New York firm best known for engraving currency and securities, produced this excellent railroad map of Colorado in 1904, promoting the expanding lines of the Denver \u0026amp; Rio Grande Western as the railroad pushed its network across the state. American Bank Note brought the same precise, security-grade engraving standards used on paper currency to its commercial map work, giving railroad promotional maps like this one an unusually crisp, finely detailed appearance compared to typical atlas cartography of the period. By 1904 the Denver \u0026amp; Rio Grande Western had become one of the defining transportation networks of the Rocky Mountain West, built around the mix of standard and narrow gauge lines needed to negotiate Colorado's steep mountain terrain. The map identifies Standard Gauge, Narrow Gauge, Three Rail and Connecting Lines separately, a level of technical distinction aimed at travelers and shippers who needed to know exactly what kind of service ran where.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenver, the state capital and the railroad's principal hub, anchors the network at the foot of the Front Range, while Pueblo further south served as a major steel and rail junction on the line's route toward New Mexico. Grand Junction, on Colorado's western slope, marked the railroad's reach across the Rockies into fruit-growing country near the Utah border, a route that required extensive narrow gauge mountain trackage to complete. The map's careful distinction between standard, narrow and three-rail track reflects a genuinely complex operational reality: the Denver \u0026amp; Rio Grande Western ran mixed gauge lines through much of its early twentieth-century network to serve both mountain mining branches and the broader national rail system. This technical detail makes the map as useful a historical record of railroad engineering as of Colorado's geography in 1904.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis railroad map makes a fitting gift for a Colorado family with roots in the state's mining or rail history, or for a Denver or Grand Junction transplant curious about the narrow gauge lines that once threaded through their region. Its precise Bank Note Company engraving sets it apart from the softer lithographic maps typical of the period, giving it real visual presence as a wall piece. It's available unframed, in the full range of sizes from a compact print through to a large-format piece for a study or office wall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TheMapVault","offers":[{"title":"16x20 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816391499,"sku":"SKU2022-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816424267,"sku":"SKU2022-A2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816457035,"sku":"SKU2022-18x24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816489803,"sku":"SKU2022-50x70","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816522571,"sku":"SKU2022-A1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816555339,"sku":"SKU2022-24x32","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816588107,"sku":"SKU2022-70x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816620875,"sku":"SKU2022-75x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58582816653643,"sku":"SKU2022-A0","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU2022.jpg?v=1790215601","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/products\/colorado-map-1904-railroad-print-denver-pueblo-grand-junction","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}