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This brochure advertises the many advantages of traveling via the Kansas Pacific Railway to one of many Colorado resorts to benefit one's health. A few of the resorts described include those in Denver, Colorado Springs, Estes Park and Idaho Springs. The many medicinal benefits of the various springs are extolled as is the altitude and clean air and the "grandest scenery in the world". The reverse side features a map of the many Colorado resorts.
Creator: Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
Item Number: 213480
Call Number: Port. K 385 K 13 no.21
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213480
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tourism
Collections - Library - Railroad Ports (K Port 385)
Date - 1870s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Other States - Colorado
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Transportation - Railroads - Tourism
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Brochures
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