US 99, Pacific Highway, Aurora Avenue – by whatever name – this ribbon of asphalt winding its way through the region is our ‘mother road,’ our connection to the dawn of motorized travel in the great Northwest. Download PDF
The two tours described will lead us past some of the region’s more enduring and endearing resources, from auto courts that served the famous divorce trade, and a historic town that gave itself over to television imagery, to a brothel with an international reputation. Download PDF
The Pikes Peak region welcomed the auto tourist with as much enthusiasm as it had the rail tourist of an earlier generation. Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou Springs all retain many establishments from the Golden Years of automobile tourism, possible one of the best collections in the country.