“Without a doubt the most wonderful scenic feature of the Pikes Peak region is a trip to the Cripple Creek Gold District over the famous Corley Mountain Highway. The magnificent panorama of mountain scenery presented for a distance of forty-five miles has no equal in the world. By horseshoe curves and loops, it sweeps around almost impassable abysses and mountains, showing several elevations of road below.”
“It is situated upon a rise, slightly east of Colorado Springs, where from its beautiful grounds a magnificent view of the mountains offers itself.”
“The Printers Home was built in 1892 by members of the International Typographical Union to care for printers who contracted tuberculosis from exposure to carbon-based ink. At the time the hospital was built, the life expectancy of a union printer was about 41 years, records show.”
Mountain of the Holy Cross. Altitude13,996 feet.At Evergreen, where every hill and valley is dotted with summer homes, Bear Creek is harnessed by a great dam forming a lake of great size. This lake is for scenic purposes only, offering its beauty, boating, fishing or swimming in summer, or skating in winter to the public.Steamboat SpringsChimney Rock, Cody Highway, is on the eastern approach road, 12 miles from the East Gate of Yellowstone ParkThis is part of Denver’s system of mountain parks. The Park of the Red Rocks is a great area of fantastic red sandstone formations carved into weird shapes by erosion. This tunnel is on the road to Creation Rock and the upper entrance of the open air theater.Berthoud Pass. U.S. 40 crosses the Continental Divide of the Rockies over beautiful Berthoud Pass, 55 miles west of Denver. This region is popular for winter sports. Here the mountain waters head east to the Atlantic and west to the Pacific.Balanced Rock is one of the outstanding rock formations in the natural paradise, known by travelers and geologists as “The Garden of the Gods” In the Pikes Peak Region. This rock, weighing hundreds of tons, is actually positioned on the small pedestal beneath. The action of erosion, through the ages, has produced this peculiar natural phenomenon.
Big Thompson-Estes Park Gateway to Rocky Mt. National Park
