Editing Bridgewater Red Mesa Railroad (section)

=== Red Mesa Northern Railway (1896-1905) ===
In 1896, US colonizers came to the Tsé Łichííʼ region of New Territories. After discovering an abundance of Iron and coal, settlers were quick to establish the colony of Red Mesa. A man named Henry B. Sargent had a vision and big business plan, a railroad connecting this mineral haven to the rest of New Territories. He chartered the Red Mesa Northern Railroad (RMN) in 1900, and soon started building northwest across the Tsé Łichííʼ and Tsintah regions of New Territories toward the newly established Colony of Ashwood, passing by the communities of Frick, Lichii, now known as Sargent, and Chil, located roughly where modern day Rutland and Apache stand. Sargent and his crew made it as far as a location called Reno, about 2 miles northeast of Bridgewater, when war broke out between the American colonizers and Apache tribe in 1902, resulting in the "Great Mesa Massacre", where American colonizers burnt down the entire settlement of Chil, killing hundreds. In response, the Apache tribe burnt down mines, railroad tracks, and bridges, leaving Sargent's railroad in ruins. The whole war halted the construction of the Red Mesa Northern passed Reno, and with a lack of men and materials, Sargent filed for bankruptcy on April 14th,1904, and sold his railroad to the New Territories Government, passing away just a year later on May 8th 1905.