Cottonwood Pass Continental Divide Sign Archive
About the Coloradotopia Archives. The Coloradotopia archives hold a large collection of historical images and items that document Colorado’s automobile history in the mountains. You can read more about the Coloradotopia archive project here.
1983
This slide shows a modern design on Cottonwood Pass’s Continental Divide sign in 1983. This isn’t the newest of the designs, but compared to other signs from earlier eras around Colorado, this would be considered a modern layout.
- Archive ID: CCO-83G11
1985
This image from the mid-1980s gives another look at the summit of Cottonwood Pass while it was still a dirt road. Paving of the eastern side was completed in 1991, while the western side was not paved until 2017.
- Archive ID: CCO-85F25
2009
This modern sign on the pass looks very similar to the ones that came before it. The spacing of the lettering and the angles cut into the top and bottom are the obvious characteristics that set this sign apart from the others.
- Photographer: Zephyrnthesky
- Archive ID: CCO-20091120
