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| | Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society Rocky Ford, Colorado Depot |
 | | The state of Colorado was ratified in 1876, and New Mexico was not to be a state until 1912; therefore, the road was known as the Mexico Road. |
 | | Being irrigated farmland, Rocky Ford had little grain handling, but it kept busy with onions, melons, seeds, potatoes, lettuce, sugar (dry and liquid), beet pulp, molasses, and alfalfa meal, to name a few, and all of the related industries, such asimplements, fertilizer, containers, etc. |
 | | This page of the history of the Rocky Ford, Colorado depot was written by D.K. Spencer and presented at the dedication of the restored Santa Fe Depot in 1987. |
| www.atsfry.com /dkspencer/rockford.htm (1575 words) |
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