Mount Sopris & Crystal River 1967 Menu

Here is yet another view of Sopris Peak and the Crystal River, this one on one of Rio Grande’s wraparound photo menus. I’ve been to Colorado many times, but had never heard of the Crystal River until a Streamliner Memories reader sent me the scans for three different menus (1948, yesterday’s 1956, and this one) featuring the river.

Click image to download a 7.0-MB PDF of this menu.

Sadly, someone has noted at the bottom of the menu interior that this menu was used on “Last Run of D&RGW No 8, the Prospector, Salt Lake City to Denver, Sunday, May 28, 1967.” I hope they had the sirloin steak ($3.75) or mountain trout ($3.50) dinner. Multiply prices by eight to get today’s dollars.


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