Detailed Perspective Map. Corley Mountain Highway. Colorado Springs To Cripple Creek. The Trip That Bankrupts The English Language

Corley Mountain Highway

Publication: Democrat Publishing Company, nd ca 1930, Colorado Springs, ca 1930

9" x 12" sheet folded to 16 panels. Two cover panels showing illustration and photograph of traveling along the Corley Highway with history of the highway. Two panels containing a list of seven different trips that include the Corley Highway with descriptions and information on reaching this toll road and picnic and dining suggestions along the way. "The Corley Mountain Highway was originally the famous Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad, over which millions in gold ore was hauled in the heydey of 'the world's greatest gold camp.' The railroad was dismantled and the route converted into the scenic Corley Mountain Highway in 1924. It will be operated as a toll road under permit of the Federal Government until the owners are reimbursed for their investment ... this to be not later than 1939." Opposite 4 panels offers a map showing the Corley Mountain Highway as well as automobile highways and pointing out a majority of the scenic attractions of the Pikes Peak Region and highways leading to them from Manitou and Colorado Springs. Light soiling and with light wear to the extremities. Very good.

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