![]() The town site contains many relics of a typical old west railroad town. Cisco's already declining economy crashed when Interstate 70 was built, bypassing Cisco. The town's decline coincided with the demise of the steam locomotive. After oil and natural gas were discovered, people began traveling more and Cisco continued to grow. Around the turn of the 20th century, over 100,000 sheep were sheared at Cisco before being shipped to market. ![]() Nearby cattle ranchers and sheep herders in the Book Cliffs north of town began using Cisco as a livestock and provisioning center. As work crews and, later, travelers came through, stores, hotels and restaurants sprang up to accommodate them. ![]() ![]() The town started in the 1880s as a saloon and water-refilling station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
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