Questions about the Albion Lumber Company’s miles of railroad on the Mendocino Coast have been popping up at the Kelley House Museum recently. Here’s a review of how this little-known railroad came to be, what it did, where it went, and what remains for us to see.
Three million acres of State Trust Lands were originally put in trust at Colorado’s statehood in 1876 for the purpose of funding public schools. Though it