[Rich Muth]

Actually the Gramps name refers to a gentleman named Lafayette Hughes who owned an oilfield about twelve miles Northwest of Chama in the upper reaches of the Navajo River (west, on the good side, of the Continental Divide) !! The oil from that field was sent by pipeline to storage tanks in Chama and then to the loading rack for shipment to the Oriental Refinery in Alamosa!

The oilfield was named the Gramps and the tank cars were lettered "Gramps" so his grand kids would know who's oil is was (so the story goes)! I live in the Navajo valley about five miles west of where the oilfield was.

Rich

 

[Rich Muth]

Jim: Great minds think alike! Thanks for your detailed post!


Rich