Object Record
Images
Additional Images [6]
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1969.024.035 |
Object Name |
Brochure |
Description |
Brochure, green cover with white text and design reading 'Estes Park / Colorado' Interio fold has map of Estes Park and area. Bifold, staple bound on one edge. Page 1-- includes description of Estes Park and location, how to get to Estes (listing train travel then stage from Lyons), lists hotels and boarding houses (Estes Park Hotel, Elkhorn Lodge, the Highlands, Sprague's, and Long's Peak House), lists camp and cottage life. Page 2-- photos 'Arrival of Stage at Estes Park' and 'Estes Park Hotel' Page 3-- Information on fishing, hunting, excursions including summiting Longs Peak and hiking in Black Canyon (mentions Emma Lake, Lawn Lake, crags, and describing an unnamed lake above Lawn which is likely later named Crystal Lake). Page 4-- photos 'Elkhorn Lodge' and 'The Highlands' Pages 5 & 6-- Panorama photo, 'A Typical Mountain Scene in Estes park. The Highest Peak on the left is Long's (sic)' Page 7-- Information on Horseshoe Park, Willow Park, and lists mountain peaks in and near Estes Park Page 8-- Photos, 'Round-Up at Mary's Lake' and 'Think of this on a July Day!' (photo of Longs Peak with snow Page 9-- Photo of 'Horseshoe Falls'; advertisement for the Elkhorn Lodge listing Mrs. W.E. James & Sons, Proprietors / rates / amenities / trout fishing / lists Post Office and General Store one-quarter mile from Hotel; advertisement for The Highlands / C.L. Reed & Co., Proprietors / rates / view of Snowy Range, short walk to Big Thompson River, mountain spring water, livery and boarding stable; advertisement for The Estes Park Hotel / season of 1899 (date of brochure), lists under new management, fishing grounds and the only Golf Links in the Park / Estes Park Hotel Co., Mount Ear P.O. or H.C. Chapman, L'Imperiale Hotel, Denver Page 10-- Lists Passenger Department Representatives, and photo of 'Falls in Willow Park' Very similar to 2016.005.1428, this brochure might be a slightly earlier version of it. |
Date |
1899 |
Title |
Estes Park Colorado |
Dimensions |
W-8.858 L-7.874 inches |
Collection |
Permanent |
Search Terms |
1890s Tourism Cabins railroad Stagecoaches Maps Estes Park Hotel Elks Lodge Highlands, The Sprague's Lodge Willow Park Marys Lake Longs Peak Fishing hunting Black Canyon Emma Lake Crystal Lake Lawn Lake Horseshoe Park Fall River Horseshoe Falls Hotels and Lodges |
People |
Hondius, Eleanor Estes James Reed, Charles Chapman, H.C. |
Material |
paper |