Riding Denver’s Rails: A Mile High Streetcar History

In 1872, the Mile High City embraced a new wayto get around and eventually boasted one of the largest streetcar systems inthe nation. Enjoy the varied stops the transit system made as it grew alongwith the city, from the early horsecars of the Denver Horse Railroad Companyand the steam-powered Colfax Avenue Railway to the running cable cars of theDenver Tramway and the electric trolleys of the South Denver Cable RailwayCompany. Though the last of the city’s streetcars were pulled from service inthe 1950s, Denver continues to expand its modern public transportation systemwith today’s growing Light Rail. Join Denver historian Kevin Pharris on a tourof the city’s glorious transit past as well as the modern improvements that aregetting people onto the rails once again.