If this is Thursday it must be postcards, 611

 

 

 

 

 

Seven Falls, South Cheyenne Canon, Pikes Peak Region, Colorado

 

 

This unused Sanborn Souvenir Co., linen-type postcard, has the number 2122 at the top right on the reverse.  It is a C.T. Art-Colortone card.  Colortone linen cards were issued and popular from the 1930s through the 1950s. 

 

Featured on this card is a photograph of the Broadmoor Seven Falls.  It is named for the seven levels to this series of cascading waterfalls.  A privately-owned tourist attraction that opened in the 1880s, it is located in South Cheyenne Cañon, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The falls are in a 1,000 ft or 300 m granite canyon.  The water drops 181 ft or 55 m.  From the base of the falls to the peak there are 224 steps.  There is also a wheel-chair accessible elevator up to the Eagle’s Nest.  There are two hiking trails that are open from May through October that begin at the top.  One goes to Inspiration Point and a shorter trail goes to Midnight Falls. 

 

Only remote parking is allowed, no onsite parking is available but a shuttle service takes visitors from the Norris Penrose Event Center.  Seven Falls is on the National Geographic list of international waterfalls.

 

In 2014 The Broadmoor purchased Seven Falls and reopened the site in 2015.  Previously the property had been owned by the A.G. Hill family for 68 years.

 

For additional information, see:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Falls