All aboard the Prairie Dog Express

During the years before and through the 1950s, a train ran daily from Cheyenne o Sterling, Colorado. The train would run one direction one day and return the following day.

The route included the town of Arcola, which no longer exists, and was northwest of Carpenter.

Arcola had a water tower to provide water for the steam engine. The route continued to Carpenter, then on to Hereford and then to Grover, Colo. From there, it went to New Raymer, past the Pawnee Buttes and Stoneman, then to Sterling.

Several of these towns had depots for passenger transportation. The depot at Grover is still stand...