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Route 721 Page 738 Denver-Pueblo Section
Route 721—Denver to Colorado Springs, Colo.—75.1 m.
Reverse Route 736.
Via Littleton, Sedalia and Palmer Lake. All gravel roads.
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0.0 0.0 DENVER, Broadway & Colfax Ave., capitol on left. Go south
.with trolley on Broadway. Cross RR 2.7.
3.8 Mexico St.; turn right. Cross RRs 4.0.
4.1 0.3 End of street; turn left, passing Overland park on left.
Cross
switch 4.2. Thru Petersburg 6.4, keeping ahead along RR
Cross switches 7.2-7.3. Cross RR 8.9.
9.3 5.2 End of street; turn right away from RR onto Main St.
9.4 0.1 Littleton,* Main & Nevada Sts., bank on right.
Keep ahead
with trolley on Main St. 4 urn left with road 9.6, keeping
ahead thru irregular 4-corners just beyond.
Pass large brick
school on left 9.8.
13.8 4.4 Left-hand diagonal road, sign on right; bear left across RRs.
14.3
0.5 End of road, just beyond small wooden bridge; turn left. Turn
right with road 14.5. Pass Acequia Sta. on right 16.7, keeping
ahead along RR. Pass Gann Sta. on right 20.5. Turn right
across RR 20.7 and left along same just beyond.
23.7 9.4 Sedalia, sta. on right. Keep ahead. Curve left with road
upgrade 23.8.
Cross RR 23.9 and curve right along same just
beyond. Recross RR 30.7.
31.8 8.1 Castle Rock, cpurt house on right. Straight thru. Curve
right across RR 36.6, and turn left along same just beyond
Pass Tomah Sta. on left 37.1.
Cross RR 42.2 and curve left
along same just beyond.
42.5 10.7 Left-hand road; turn left with travel.
Cross RR at Larkspur
42.7, curving right along RR. Straight thru Greenland 46.4.
Cross RR switch 51.0. Curve right with road across RRs 51.6.
51.7 9.2 End of road; turn left.
52.1 0.4 Palmer Lake,* store on left. Keep ahead along RR. Bear
slightly right away from RR.52.7.
Caution for left turn 54.6.
55.2 3.1 Right-hand road, just beyond RR; turn right.
55.3 0.1 Monument, store on left. Turn left.
55.5 0.2 4-corners, just before RR; turn right along RR.
Pass Pring
Sta. on left 58.6, keeping ahead along RR.
Cross RR 59.8
Pass Husted Sta. on right 61.1.
Cross RR at Breed Sta. 67.1
Pass Pikeview
curving left just beyond. Thru Pikeview 69.3.
Sta. on right 70.5. Curve left across concrete bridge 71.2
ascending grade just beyond.
71.4 15.9 Fork; bear right with poles.
Go over RR 72.7, coming onto
Cascade Ave.
75.1
3.7 COLORADO SPRINGS, Cascade & Pikes Peak Aves.
HOTELS—The Antlers.
The Acacia Hotel, Plcitte & Tejon
Sts., facinsr A pa pin P rmrk-
GARAGES-The Strang Garage Co., 18-26 N. Nevadl Ave
COMM. ORGAN.—Chamber of Commerce, 121 E. Pikes Peak Ave
Seven Falls & So. Cheyenne Canyon Dev. Co.
’Littleton, Colo. (pop. 1,500, alt. 5,358 ft.), is situated on the "top of the divide”
the county seat of Arapahoe county, which, is, next to
Manitou, the most celebrated resort
in
this
at the time of the discovery of gold in July, state. With its additions of Glen Park and
1858, embraced a great deal larger territory Pine crest, it offers the tourist a variety of
than the present county. Located near Lit- attraction.
Elephant Rock, Dome Rock, Bal-
tleton is the largest game preserve in the anced Rock, the Perpetual Ice Cave, which has
world. On the west bank of the Platte river, never been fully explored,
the Camel,
the
between Littleton and Fort Logan, stands Saddle Horn, the Beaver Dams and the Courts
a log cabin erected in 1859 by Sam R. Brown. are all very interesting sights.
Palmer lake
It is a suggestive reminder of bygone days.
itself has two outlets, one at the north end
’Palmer Lake, Colo. (pop. 600, alt, 7,229
ft.), and one at the south.