1940 Ruth Pictorial Map of Northern Colorado and Estes Park

This is a 1940 C. H. Ruth pictorial map of northern Colorado and Rocky Mountain National Park. The map depicts the region from north of Fort Collins to Conifer and from Hot Sulphur Springs and Granby to Denver. Thick black lines mark U.S. and state highways, and bold black lettering labels cities and towns. Rocky Mountain National Park appears in the upper left and is delineated by a dotted and dashed line. Lodges, motels, service stations, stores, cabins, and myriad other businesses are illustrated in profile. 223 locations are numerically identified and indexed along the left side and on the verso. Inset maps detail business districts in Loveland, Grand Lake, Boulder, and Idaho Springs.

Verso Content

A detailed index occupies at least half of the verso and is accompanied by two smaller maps and a beautiful view of Long's Peak. The inset map in the upper right corner details Boulder, Colorado. The University of Colorado, cottages, cabins, and other businesses adorn this map in the same style as the large map on the recto. The third map, along the bottom of the sheet, highlights the principal highways of northern Colorado and identifies Rocky Mountain National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, and several cities, including Denver, Greeley, Steamboat Springs, and Estes Park.

Publication History and Census

This map was created by C. H. Ruth and published in 1940. An empty OCLC reference exists for this map, suggesting that an institution that was once affiliated with the OCLC but no long is created the entry.