A view up a narrow, steep-walled rock gorge with a stream tumbling over ice-covered boulders in the foreground and scattered conifers clinging to the slopes. The printed caption names it Toltec Gorge, a dramatic canyon in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, carved by the Rio de los Pinos near the New Mexico line. The gorge is best known as the route of the Denver & Rio Grande's narrow-gauge San Juan Extension, whose Toltec Tunnel and high bridge made it one of the most celebrated mountain rail passages in the West.
No white border; visible halftone dot pattern typical of early color litho cards; light edge and corner wear.
No postmark. Divided-back private postcard with green 'POST CARD' imprint, Colorado Selling Co. (Denver, Col.) logo at upper left, and a one-cent/two-cent stamp box for U.S., island possessions, Cuba, Canada, Mexico and foreign. Light soiling and corner wear; no stamp or cancellation.
Cite this card
Toltec Gorge, Colorado, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/toltec-gorge-colorado-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
