by CRYSTAL PARK, COLORADO
(AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - COLORADO) CRYSTAL PARK, COLORADO:. CRYSTAL PARK, COLORADO: THE WORLD'S MOST WONDERFUL SCENIC MOUNTAIN AUTO TRIP. Colorado Springs: Crystal Park Mountain Auto Highway, (1910). Oblong 12mo. x 6 1/2 inches). Self-printed wrappers. (6) pages unpaginated printed in doub columns in red and black. First edition. Rare item with only one copy on OCLC - Yale. Scarce automobile travel brochu detailing with photograph illustrations and map the iconic Crystal Park Auto Road with its twists, turns, switchbacks, and steep grades, now site of the present-day 2000 acre grated mountain community above Manitou Springs, Co. Although the Pikes Peak was visible for almost everywhere, there was no view where the autos could stop for drivers and passengers to alight and take photographs, so the company built a turntable which allowed the auto to drive out on the piece, be rotated, and then finished drive on. Vivid Arts & Craft cover art of the Crystal Park Auto Road. Slight shelf wear, otherwise near fine. (Inventory #: 40655)