October 27, 2009 06:24PM
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OK, I guess my best find wasn't really a find, but an aquisition. During my college years in Durango (1970's), I spent a lot of time exploring the railroad grades and what remained in the area. I would drive through Mancos often and always noted the freight end of the Mancos depot. It was located not far from its original location in a field behind a house just north of the highway. The station sign was still attached, but you could not read it anymore. I always told myself that I should stop at the house and ask if I could have the sign...but never had the guts. Years later, when I was working for the D&S, my wife and I again drove by when returning from a trip to Dolores. Again I saw the sign and told my wife "I am going to stop and ask". Of course no one was home and the house looked empty. There was a realty sign in the yard as the property was for sale. We drove to the realty office and I asked them about the property and sign. The had a perplexed look on thier face, but took the time to call the owners (a New York property company) and explained what I was asking for. They told me I could have the sign as long as removing it didn't detract from the looks of the house. I asked for something in writing, drove home (Hermosa) to get an extension ladder and a friend from the railroad to help. We returned and when I went to remove the sign, it almost fell of the building as the wood siding was very dry and rotten. You could see the raised grain where MANCOS used to be. When I got it home, I very carefully repainted the letters over the raised grain. I am looking at it now as I write this. I guess it never hurts to ask!
I also reteived a bell from a narrow gauge C&S engine (I thing it is from No. 70),,,,but that is another story.
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