HOL WAGNER wrote:
> Norm:
>
> Please post this, if you would.
>
> Quoting from Jack Gillette's book, "The Cheyenne Line," this is what he
> says of Amen/Logan (milepost 238.49): "Logan was the final town built
> along the Cheyenne Line. It was a relatively late comer to the scene.
> Farmers in that area between Sterling and Willard had to haul their
> crops to either Sterling or Willard where there were grain elevators. It
> took a lot of time to haul crops that distance with a wagon and team of
> horses. The Burlington put in a 25-car siding for them about seven
> miles west of Sterling in 1916 . . . The original name of Logan was
> Amen, named after the Amen family who owned land nearby. The town was
> platted out, and soon there were two elevators, a general store, beet
> dump, lumberyard, a few houses, and a blacksmith shop. The Sterling
> post office supplied their mail. The name of Amen was change to Logan
> in 1918 due to the strong prejudice [against] the German name during
> World War I. In November of 1930 the Welsh elevator burned down. The
> second elevator was apparently gone by that time. One by one the houses
> were sold and moved, and eventually the general store was also moved
> away. Considering the times, there was little need for a town at Logan
> any longer. Even though the siding was shown on the timetables as
> recently as 1965, the town quietly died and became a part of the prairie
> once again."
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Hol Wagner
>
> Amen, Co - CB&Q stop in NE Colorado
>
> GLEN HAUG wrote:
> > According to the maps I have seen, Amen Colorado was the original
> name for Logan Colorado, which is between Sterling and Cheyenne. I
> believe this station was abandoned before the line was actually
> abandoned by BN. Official mileage of this station in the timetable
> was MP 238.49, and there was a depot located at MP 238.35.
> >
> > The map also shows a sugar beet drum, elevator, stock yards, and
> an 1,118' siding.
> >
> > Glen Haug
> >
> >
> >
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.comFrom <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.comFrom>:
> charlesamen@att.netDate <mailto:charlesamen@att.netDate>: Sat, 3 Jan
> 2009 21:33:07 +0000Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q stop in NE Colorado
> >
> >
> >
> > This is a great thing you are doing…recording history! I am
> putting a shout out for any sources of information on an old CB&Q
> freight station in northeastern Colorado. I am in possession of an
> original Colorado railroad map from 1919 (or so is believed) that
> marks a stop by the name of "Amen" in NE Colorado near Sterling. My
> grandfather and great-grandfather broke sod in that area and I am
> curious about what might have actually been there as far as
> buildings and type of train that ran on that line (model setup, O
> scale). Thanks all!Chuck (Elmhurst, Illinois)
> charlesamen@att.netwouldn't <mailto:charlesamen@att.netwouldn't> it
> be nice to think of these things before it's too late...
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