Horse Shoe Falls on Fall River Road, Estes Park, Colorado, circa 1930

Subjects: Forests & Trees National & State Parks Rivers & Streams
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Horse Shoe Falls on Fall River Road, Estes Park, Colorado, circa 1930, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

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A cascade of white water tumbling over large reddish granite boulders, framed by evergreen trees and a pale pink-and-blue sky, with a fallen log in the foreground. The card names the spot as Horse Shoe Falls along the Fall River Road in Estes Park, within Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The Fall River Road, completed in 1920 as the park's first automobile road to the Continental Divide, climbed past just such cascades and was later superseded by the Trail Ridge Road.

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PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.

446. HORSE SHOE FALLS, FALL RIVER ROAD, ESTES PARK. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO. --- Horseshoe Falls is a giant cascade extending for nearly a mile on the Roaring River which brings the snow waters of the Mummy Range down to Horseshoe Park. The icy waters plunge down a tremendous slope, dashing over boulders, dividing and surging together with a tremendous roar which makes the title of the river very appropriate. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE PUBLISHED BY SANBORN SOUVENIR CO., DENVER, COLO. C.T. AMERICAN ART COLORED TECO CHICAGO

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Publisher	Sanborn Souvenir Co.
Series	446
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Horse Shoe Falls, Estes Park, CO
Place depicted	Estes Park, CO
Place mentioned	CO
Place mentioned	Horseshoe Park
Publisher	Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, CO
Notes	White border; visible halftone dot screen; plate number 81118 printed at lower right; small spot near upper left corner. No postmark. Divided-back C.T. American Art Colored (Curt Teich, Chicago) stock with white border; pencil "1920s" dealer notation at top left; light soiling, no message or address written.

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Horse Shoe Falls on Fall River Road, Estes Park, Colorado, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/horse-shoe-falls-on-fall-river-road-estes-park-colorado-circ. Accessed October 24, 2026.