{"product_id":"old-tourist-map-of-colorado-springs-1909-pikes-peak-garden-of-the-gods-manitou-springs-railroads-hotels","title":"Old Tourist Map of Colorado Springs, 1909: Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, railroads, hotels","description":"\u003cp\u003eMap of Colorado Springs and the Pike's Peak Region, created in 1909 by the Pike's Peak Cut and Engraving Company, captures a city at the hinge between the plains and the Front Range—and between mining grit and touristic glamour. As a city map, it is especially notable for uniting an orderly street plan with a panorama of celebrated attractions, from Pike’s Peak and the Garden of the Gods to the spa culture of Manitou Springs. The legend clarifies road types and points of interest, inviting both practical navigation and armchair excursion. Hotel locations and railroad connections are plotted with care, underscoring Colorado Springs’ role as a hub for travelers seeking alpine air, red sandstone vistas, and effortless connections to the region’s most dramatic scenery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the urban core, the grid reads like a civic manifesto. Tejon Street, Nevada Avenue, and Cascade Avenue form a proud north–south spine, intersected by Colorado and Platte avenues and their companions Kiowa and Uintah, giving the downtown its axial clarity. West Colorado Avenue leads toward the older commercial heart and the pass to Manitou; South Nevada Avenue extends the city’s ambitions outward. A tighter neighborhood texture emerges along Dale and Del Norte streets, with Fontanero, Fremont, and Kenyon threading residential quarters. Eighth Street, Yampa Street, and Remington Avenue trace the city’s westward edge, where Foothills Avenue and Upper Gold Camp Road climb toward the high country. Acacia Avenue, Oro Blanco Street, and Prospector Park Drive round out a portrait of everyday life articulated block by block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map’s artistry is most compelling at the seam of town and wilderness. The Garden of the Gods is rendered with graphic reverence, its fins and buttresses punctuating the city’s western horizon and anchoring scenic drives. Manitou Springs appears as a gateway—a resort community nestled at the foot of Pike’s Peak—promising mineral waters and mountain rambles. Across the sheet, various parks and natural landmarks create a necklace of open spaces that made Colorado Springs a model of healthful urbanism. The cartographer highlights pleasure grounds, overlooks, and rambling routes, turning the city into a catalogue of day trips where carriage roads and early motorways connect lawns, canyons, and skyline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransportation and hospitality sit at the heart of this composition. Railroad connections converge like arteries, advertising swift passage to Denver and Pueblo, and easy access to the mining camps beyond the Rampart Range. The famous ascent toward the high country is echoed by Upper Gold Camp Road, a corridor that stitched the metropolis to its mineral hinterland. Hotel locations are plotted with almost theatrical precision—clustered along Cascade, Tejon, and Colorado avenues, and strung toward Manitou—signaling how lodgings were oriented to depots, promenades, and mountain views. Read together, the symbols reveal an ecosystem: rails, roads, and resorts working in concert to turn Colorado Springs into the American West’s elegant antechamber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehind this synthesis stands the Pike's Peak Cut and Engraving Company, specialists in maps and engravings that celebrated both natural beauty and infrastructural progress. Their vintage aesthetic—intricate line work, crisp hachures, and disciplined typography—balances romance with utility. The legend distills categories of roads and attractions, while delicate stippling models the massif of Pike’s Peak and fine hatchwork keys the sandstone of the Garden of the Gods. This is boosterism rendered with technical finesse: a persuasive portrait for civic leaders, hoteliers, and rail agents, and a faithful guide for visitors. In 1909, it framed Colorado Springs not merely as a place on a map, but as an experience—where an orderly city opened its gates to the mountains beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreets and roads on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcacia Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCascade Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColorado Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDale Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDel Norte Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEl Paso Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEighth Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFontanero Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoothills Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFremont Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKenyon Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKiowa Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNevada Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOro Blanco Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatte Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProspector Park Drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemington Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Nevada Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTejon Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUintah Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpper Gold Camp Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest Colorado Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYampa Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarden of the Gods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManitou Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePike's Peak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious parks and natural landmarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHotel locations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailroad connections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreation date: 1909\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker or publisher: Pike's Peak Cut and Engraving Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInteresting context about the mapmaker: The Pike's Peak Cut and Engraving Company specialized in producing maps and engravings, highlighting the area’s natural beauty and infrastructural growth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign or style of the map: Vintage aesthetic with intricate line work and illustrative details typical of early 20th-century cartography, plus a legend for road types and attractions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical significance or context: Captures Colorado Springs’ transition from a mining center to a prominent tourist destination, underscoring its role in the development of tourism in the American West.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the undefined version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/de\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"9x18in (23x45cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255713763712,"sku":"UM00295690A","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"9x18in (23x45cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255713796480,"sku":"UM00295691A","price":111.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"9x18in (23x45cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255713829248,"sku":"UM00295692A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x24in (30x60cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255713862016,"sku":"UM00295693A","price":77.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x24in (30x60cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255713894784,"sku":"UM00295694A","price":170.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x24in (30x60cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255713927552,"sku":"UM00295695A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x36in (45x90cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255713960320,"sku":"UM00295696A","price":93.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x36in (45x90cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255713993088,"sku":"UM00295697A","price":255.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x36in (45x90cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255714025856,"sku":"UM00295698A","price":266.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"22x45in (56x114cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255714058624,"sku":"UM00295699A","price":122.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"22x45in (56x114cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255714091392,"sku":"UM00295700A","price":500.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"22x45in (56x114cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255714124160,"sku":"UM00295701A","price":500.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"25x50in (64x127cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255714156928,"sku":"UM00295702A","price":223.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"25x50in (64x127cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255714189696,"sku":"UM00295703A","price":931.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"25x50in (64x127cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255714222464,"sku":"UM00295704A","price":931.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x60in (75x150cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255714255232,"sku":"UM00295705A","price":297.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x60in (75x150cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255714288000,"sku":"UM00295706A","price":1489.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x60in (75x150cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255714320768,"sku":"UM00295707A","price":1383.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"35x70in (89x178cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58255714353536,"sku":"UM00295708A","price":489.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"35x70in (89x178cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58255714386304,"sku":"UM00295709A","price":1995.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"35x70in (89x178cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58255714419072,"sku":"UM00295710A","price":1862.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/0344\/8638\/files\/file_5c44cb39-3903-4e5c-91fa-6bb048449f8e.jpg?v=1781254466","url":"https:\/\/uniquemaps.eu\/de\/products\/old-tourist-map-of-colorado-springs-1909-pikes-peak-garden-of-the-gods-manitou-springs-railroads-hotels","provider":"The Unique Maps Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}