Episode 86 - The Town of Midland

Almost 150 years ago, a man named James Loshbaugh packed in everything he'd need to homestead and start a small community in what is now thought of as Rainbow Valley, south of current day Mueller State Park. When the town of Midland was platted, it was meant to be a temporary place to house railroad workers. But it became so much more...

Now called Rainbow Valley, the town of Midland was originally a place to house railroad workers building the Midland Terminal Railway.

Midland was originally a stage on the Hundley Line.

The video version of this podcast can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qUM6Ne2lY

References:

• The Rocky Mountain News Printing Co. (1897, August 19). Injured and Alone. The Daily News. 5. 

• The Rocky Mountain News Printing Co. (1897, August 25). Deny Ellis’ Story. The Daily News. 3.

• McFarland, E. M. (1984). The Cripple Creek Road: A Midland Terminal Guide and Data Book. Pruett Publishing Company.

• Collins, J. M. (2016). Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County. The History Press.

• Rainbow Valley Property Owners Association. (2019). Our Community: History of Rainbow Valley 1870-1989. Retrieved September 4, 2023. https://rvpoa.com/our-community

• Callis, T. & Attree, M. (n.d.). Bob Fitzsimmons. The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 4, 2023. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/fitz.htm