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Lore says a woman whose ring landed on the tracks during an argument with her fiancé was killed by a train trying to get it back. In 2017 a longtime Rio Grande Café server told KSL of lights switching on and off, slamming doors and singing in the women's restroom, and a state Heritage & Arts spokesman described reported apparitions upstairs and talking or music heard in the basement. Source: KSL, 2017.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad built the depot in 1910 for US$750,000 to a design by Chicago architect Henry Schlacks (Wikipedia).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
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