cisco

Cisco began in the 1880s as a Denver & Rio Grande water stop in the high desert — then reinvented itself as a livestock-shipping center, an oil town, and a highway stop before diesel locomotives and Interstate 70 stripped away every reason it existed. It never fully vanished: trains still pass, pumpjacks still nod, and an artist residency now restores its ruins. Here’s the documented history, the legends worth checking (including that Johnny Cash song), and how to see it.