Scientists visit D&RGW agent-rumor starts

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One occasional haven for Project staffers was the simple home of Edith Warner and her San Ildefonso housemate, Tilano, down on the Rio Grande. In 1928 A.J. Connell had hired Warner to replace Adam Martinez (the son of San Ildefonso potters Maria and Julian Martinez) as the station agent near the Otowi Switch of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad – the “Chili Line” – which once connected Antonito, Colo., and Santa Fe. Connell required someone to look after Ranch School supplies left by the train, as he only came down every other day.
Warner did just that until the railroad tracks were pulled up for use in Alaska during World War II. Meanwhile she had transformed the little shack that had been built as part of a logging camp into a store and tearoom. During the Manhattan Project she and Tilano hosted dinners featuring fresh corn, five varieties of squash, and raspberries with chocolate cake. Among her frequent guests were Oppenheimer and other renowned physicists, including Enrico Fermi and Neils Bohr.