Crystal River 1956 Dinner Menu

Here’s a view of the Crystal River and Mount Sopris (which the menu calls Sopris Peak) in Rio Grande’s front-cover photo series. “The sparkling Crystal River is but one of a number of streams in the area known to trout fishermen the country over,” says the back cover, “such fabulous streams as the Frying Pan, the Roaring Fork, the Eagle, the White and, of course, the Colorado, to which the others are all tributary.”

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This menu offered trout, corned beef and cabbage, pork tenderloin, Rio Grande steak and mushrooms, and roast leg of lamb. The steak was $3.50 and the other meals ranged from $2.20 for the corned beef to $2.90 for the lamb. Multiply prices by ten to get today’s dollars. Scans of this menu were contributed by a Streamliner Memories reader.


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