Marshall Pass on the Continental Divide with Mount Ouray in the distance, Colorado, circa 1935

Subjects: Forests & Trees Mountains & Hills
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Marshall Pass on the Continental Divide with Mount Ouray in the distance, Colorado, circa 1935, Ann Sherman, IL, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A high, open mountain saddle at Marshall Pass, Colorado, seen across a broad basin of scattered conifers and pale, eroded slopes, with the snow-streaked summit of Mount Ouray rising in the distance. The card's own captions give the elevations: the pass at 10,856 feet and Mt. Ouray at 13,956 feet. Marshall Pass, in the Sawatch Range southwest of Salida, carried the narrow-gauge Denver & Rio Grande line over the Continental Divide from 1881 until the route was abandoned in 1955, and the graded shelf visible in the view follows that corridor.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Hello Ann, Will be seeing you soon Johnnie

PublisherThe Paper Products Co.

451 MARSHALL PASS (THE GREAT CONTINENTAL DIVIDE), COLO. ALTITUDE 10,856 FEET MT. OURAY (ALTITUDE 13,956 FEET) IN DISTANCE 92532 --- MARSHALL PASS Marshall Pass is crossed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western R.R., the highest point being 10,856 feet. This is the [illegible] the Continental Divide, the watershed between Atlantic and Pacific. Mt. Ouray (Altitude 13,956 feet) is shown in distance. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY C.T. AMERICAN ART COLORED PUBLISHED BY THE PAPER PRODUCTS CO., PUEBLO, COLO.

PostmarkedCO

Addressed to

Ann Sherman

Oak Lawn, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked	CO
Publisher	The Paper Products Co.
Series	451
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Ann Sherman, Oak Lawn, IL
Publisher	The Paper Products Co., Pueblo, CO
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; visible linen (crosshatch) texture; dark ink or album-residue marks across the sky area; slight corner wear. Postmark: JUL [illegible] 1935 5:30 PM COLO. Divided-back linen-era card with white border; light corner/edge wear and a faint crease at lower right.

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Marshall Pass on the Continental Divide with Mount Ouray in the distance, Colorado, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/marshall-pass-on-the-continental-divide-with-mount-ouray-in. Accessed October 25, 2026.