Grand Junction's first streetcars, like those in most cities, were pulled by horses up and down railroad tracks. But horse-drawn streetcars operated for only a dozen years in Grand Junction before they were phased out. It would require most of another decade before the switch to electric streetcars was completed.
Here's my column about horse-drawn streetcars.
Streetcars horse 11-1-2021
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