Colorado constitutional debates foreshadowed a populist backlash against Gilded Age railroad barons

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 1,687

Last Updated: 4 days, 12 hours ago

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Pueblo’s grand celebration of the arrival of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway began promptly at dawn on March 7, 1876, with a 38-gun salute from an artillery piece loaned from Fort Lyon — “37 for the states admitted, and one for Colorado,” explained the Pueblo Chieftain.

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