Here is an unusual version of one of Rio Grande’s glued-on menu series. Instead of putting the name of the meal on the top of the front cover, this one has the name of the train, the Prospector. The cover photo shows a herd of bison in Genesee Park, a Denver city park that is located in the mountains about 18 miles outside of Denver’s city limits.
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This menu has no date, but it lists “H.L. Scofield” as the Rio Grande’s passenger traffic manager. Looking at other menus, he has that title on a July 1947 menu but by November 1947 he was replaced by “H.F. Eno.” Since 1946 menus come with a statement assuring the public that the railroad is complying with wartime price restrictions, this menu must have been issued in 1947 before H.L. Scofield left this position.