 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.