Cascade, Colorado | |
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  Cascade Location within the state of Colorado  Cascade Cascade (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°53′48″N 104°58′20″W / 38.89667°N 104.97222°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  State of Colorado |
| County | El Paso County |
| Established | 1886[1] |
| Elevation | 7,379 ft (2,249 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80809[3] |
| Area code | 719 |
| Highways |  US 24 |
| GNIS feature ID | 193326[2] |
Cascade is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Cascade Post Office is 80809.[3]
It was a resort town, with 3 hotels, from the 1880s to the 1920s. Tourists traveled through Ute Pass on the Colorado Midland Railway, experiencing scenic views of Cascade canon and its falls during their journey. Carriage tours brought tourists up Pikes Peak to its summit. Tourism fell when the Manitou and Pike's Peak Cog Railway opened in 1892, and tourists were able to travel to the summit of Pikes Peak through Manitou Springs.
When visitors traveled by automobiles, beginning in the 1920s, they had different needs and came in smaller numbers than the previous decades. The Ute Pass region could no longer support large hotels and 2 of the 3 hotels in town were demolished by 1926. Eastholme, a small inn, has been foreclosed and is currently for sale. The Pikes Peak Highway entrance is at Cascade.
Cascade remains a tourist destination, with visitors staying in inns, bed and breakfasts, cottages and guest houses.
- ^ Eichler, Geo. R. (1977). Colorado Place Names. Johnson Publishing Company.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cascade, Colorado
- ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2007.