william jackson palmer began cf &i's predecessor company in 1872. palmer's dream was to make a railroad ride test line that connected -- line that connected denver all the way south into mexico and the only way to do this to economically in the 1870's, of course, was to build the rails himself. because of our geographic location to all of the resources needed to make the steel for making railroad tracks. years,e next couple of palmer's company experienced a lot of competition, primarily for the coal resources that he was mining. his competition was a man by the name of john cleveland osgood. osgood's company was called the colorado fuel company and its primary job was to mine coal for domestic use. and so palmer's company and osgood's company were rivals for the same coal source. of threw upmer sort his hands and realized that after a number of labor problems with his workers, as well as the intense competition that he was experiencing from osgood, the two companies merged together. the colorado coal and iron company and the colorado fuel company to

william jackson palmer began cf&i's predecessor company in 1872. palmer's dream was to make a railroad line that connected denver all the way south into mexico and the only way to do this to economically in the 1870's, of course, was to build the rails himself. he chose pueblo because of our geographic location to all of the resources needed to make the steel for making railroad tracks. over the next couple of years, palmer's company experienced a lot of competition, primarily for the coal resources that he was mining. his competition was a man by the name of john cleveland osgood. osgood's company was called the colorado fuel company and its primary job was to mine coal for domestic use. and so palmer's company and osgood's company were rivals for the same coal source. in 1892, palmer sort of threw up his hands and realized that after a number of labor problems with his workers, as well as the intense competition that he was experiencing from osgood, the two companies merged together. the colorado coal and iron company and the colorado fuel compan

william jackson palmer actually began the predecessor company, known as the colorado coal and iron company, in 1872. his dream was to make a railroad line the connected denver all of the way south into mexico. the only way to do this, economically, in the 1870's, of course, was to build the rails himself. he chose pueblo because of our geographic location to all of the resources needed to make steel for railroad tracks. over the next couple of years his company experienced a lot of competition. resourcesfor the coal that he was mining. his competition was a man by the name of john cleveland osgood. his company was called the colorado fuel company. coalrimary job was to mine for domestic use. so, palmer and osgood's companies were rivals for the same source. palmer threw up his hands and realize that after a number of labor problems with his workers, as well as the intense competition that he was , theiencing from osgood two companies merged together. they became the colorado fuel and iron company. following the merger he decided to get out of the steelmaking part of the business. and he fo

william jackson palmer actually &i's predecessor company, known as the colorado coal and iron companyn 1872. palmer's dream was to make a railroad line that connected denver all the way south into mexico. and the only way to do this the 1870's was to build the rails himself. and he chose pueblo because of our geographic location to all of the resources needed to make the steel for making railroad tracks. over the next couple years, palmer's company experienced a lot of competition, primarily for the coal resources he was mining. his condition was a man by the name of john cleveland osgood. osgood's company was called "the colorado fuel company," and its primary job was to mine coal for domestic use. osgood'scompany and company work rivals for the same coal source. palmer sort of threw up his hands and realized that after a number of labor problems with his workers, as well as the events competition from osgood, the two companies merged together. the colorado: iron company, and the colorado fuel company, to become the colorado fuel and iron company. following that merger, palmer decide