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<br />'" <br /> <br />z <br />o <br /> <br />I- <br /> <br />U <br />~ <br />~ <br />I- <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />z <br /> <br />w <br />w <br /> <br />VI <br /> <br />.~ <br />OOiJlJ87 <br /> <br />SIGNIFICANCE <br /> <br />rERIOD (C/,,,tdl On~ or MOt. fl. Apprflp"..,e) <br />o Pre_Columblon I 0 161h Century <br />o ISlh Century 0 171h Century <br /> <br />o 181h Cenlury <br />o 191h Cenlury <br /> <br />~ 10lh Cen'ury <br /> <br />SPECIFIC DATE'SI (11 Appllcllbl. IIndKnown) <br /> <br />AREAS OF SICNIFICA-NeE (Chlldc Onll' or Mor., .11 APproprt.'e) <br />Abar ivinal 0 EducotiOft 0 Political 0 Urban Plonning <br />0 Ptll"i,loric 0 Engineerin, 0 Religion/Phi. 0 0,,,., (Specify) <br />!2';1 Hilloric KJ Indultry tosopht <br />0 Allricu/tuFlt 0 In....ontion 0 Science <br />0 Architectur. 0 londlcop. 0 Sculptur. <br />0 A., Architeclure 0 Socia I/Humon. <br />0 CommercII 0 Llleralur. lIorion <br />0 Cornml,lnicollona 0 .Milltory 0 Theoret <br />0 Conservation 0 Music 51 Transportation <br /> <br />STATEME.NT OF SIGNIFICANCE <br />David H. Moffat was a leader of the state in its most important <br />industries: finance and railroads. It was his ability to pro- <br />duce reality from dreams that opened the gold fields and con- <br />nected colorado markets to those of the nation. The car <br />"Marcia" was his personal car and symbolizes most closely the <br />impact of the one man on the development of this state. Moffat <br />county was named after David H. Moffat. The Moffat Tunnel <br />completed in 1927 was also named after Mr. Moffat. <br /> <br />"I'lilson H. Mccarthy, president of the Denver and Rio Grande <br />l'lestern Railroad, and the last president of the Moffat line, <br />paid tribute to David H. Moffat, first president of that his- <br />toric railroad when he presented to the Town of Craig the his- <br />toric railroad car used by Mr. Moffat during the building years <br />of a number of colorado railroads, at ceremonies held in craig <br />saturday morning, August 1, 1953. <br /> <br />More than eight hundred interested people gathered at'the fam- <br />ous old railroad car, now standing on rails taken from the <br />original Moffat line at the entrance to city park to hear Mr. <br />Mccarthy and express by their presence their interest in the <br />car and their appreciation of the figt to craig. Over four <br />hundred registered in the car when they inspected it saturday <br />following the ceremonies. Hundreds of people did not visit <br />the car saturday because of the congestion." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />David Halliday Moffat was born July 22, 1839, in washington- <br />ville, Orange county, New York, the son of David H. and <br />Katherine (Gregg) Moffat. His ancestors were typically <br />American. By direct line, he was linked to the Gregg family, <br />conspicuous in colonial and pre-Revolutionary history. Samuel <br />Moffat emigrated to New york in 1720 and married Anne Gregg, an <br />it was from this union that David H. Moffat descended. <br /> <br />He was thrown on his own resources early in life and at the age <br />of l2 went to New York city in search oe employment. He was <br />hired as a messenger at the New York 'Exch'iirige Bimk, remaining <br />there for four years during which time he rose from messenger <br />to assistant teller, or assistant cashier as we know it today. <br /> <br />continued on page 2 <br /> <br />.... t'/, ,_. 1... 4~ ........... I_~"":"- .(.l. ~~""f_ ~ <br />