How Come, Why, and How Mac Poor wrote 'DSP&P'

[Kurt Maechner]

Some of you may have read my summary of this article in the latest Bogies and the Loop, but for those of you who would like the full details, The Denver Westerners graciously gave me permission to scan and share that 1965 edition of their Roundup publication with an essay by Mac Poor, author of the foundational Denver, South Park & Pacific, chronicling his journey in writing his book.

One little curiosity found towards the end of the article is Mac's resistance to providing a reprint or second edition.  As much as I respect Poor, I'm sure glad that his view was overruled in 1976!  Otherwise many of us would never own a copy of his definitive book.
Kurt

[Mike McKenzie]

Very interesting article, just think what he could have done with access to today's resources. Then again, would those resources be as rich as they are without Mr. Poor's (and others) efforts...

Mike

[South Park]

40 years after Mac, I would discover this odd little railroad line
heading across the South Park, much like Mac did.  We were heading
the opposite direction.  We stopped and looked around.  I was taken
by these tiny ties and overall small scale of grade.  In 1977, there
was no internet, and it took some work to figure out what I had
been looking at.  I can only imagine how mesmerizing it was to
Poor with rails still in place.