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named the community Phippsburg after a friend of his, railroad investor Sen. Lawrence Phipps, Yurich said. It was a fitting name, because the mining camp was defunct within only a few years, and Phippsburg became a railroad community with the construction of the switching yards, he said.
The Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg will host a centennial celebration Saturday in Phippsburg Park, a free event with live music and lunch for attendees.
“We’re expecting a lot of the old-time residents to show up,” Yurich said.
Attendees also will get their first look at a former Denver Rio Grande caboose donated to the historical society by the Union Pacific Railroad, now part of the park’s railroad display. The caboose was dropped by crane into its new home at Phippsburg Park on Saturday, just in time for the centennial.
To celebrate the event, the Phippsburg post office will use a special mail cancellation Saturday. The design, by Kimberly Rossi, depicts a train heading into Phippsburg past the Flat Tops.
Tread of Pioneers Museum is sponsoring free transportation from Steamboat Springs to the event. A bus will leave the Tread of Pioneers Museum at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and return at 2 p.m. Riders will enjoy a railroad history talk along the way, said Candice Lombardo, the museum’s executive director
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