Author: Linda Navarro linda.navarro@gazettedev.gazette.com
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PIKES PICK: A birthday bash for Colorado
Mark your calendar for Happy 150th Birthday Colorado, Aug. 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Music, food trucks, history and birthday cake at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Tickets: secure.qgiv.com — Linda Navarro
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Who were all the mayors of Colorado Springs?
During this Colorado 150 anniversary year, Gazette readers have been curious about Colorado Springs’ earliest history and all the people who have served as mayor since the 1800s until today. It evolved over time and as the city grew. Starting in 1872-1875 the leaders were five trustees with one serving as president, all appointed by…
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PIKES PICK: Time for Blessing of the Bikes
A busy Saturday at Biker’s Church with Blessing of the Bikes at 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and Car & Bike Show at 9:30 a.m. 1505 E. Monument St. — Linda Navarro, The Gazette
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In one year, thousands of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts had memorable Colorado Springs visits
Scrapbooks and boxes of memories hold special older-family-member keepsakes from historic visits to Colorado Springs during two large Boy Scout and Girl Scout anniversaries in 1959 and 1960. Perhaps the next generations, possibly many of them Scouts as well, have seen the pictures and heard the stories and visited the sites just piecing together pages…
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AROUND TOWN: A Woodstock revisted night raises a record $860,000 for the Humane Society animals
It was a night for tie dye and bell bottoms, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and The Who on the DoubleTree sound system, VW buses in the parking lot and cuddly pups to pet. Fur Ball No. 29 on May 9 was cooler than cool for 450+ animal lovers, a Peace, Love and Paws…
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PIKES PICK: Trinidad celebrates 150 years
“150 Framed: A Visual History,” an outdoor art installation celebrating Trinidad’s 150th anniversary, is now open at the Trinidad History Museum. TrinidadHistoryMuseum.org. — Linda Navarro
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The morning a dynamite train destroyed the town of Fountain in 1888
May is an anniversary month for the town of Fountain and it’s in all their history books for the most explosive of reasons. It’s called “The Blast” and it flattened the little town south of Colorado Springs. It’s just part of an interesting history. Fountain’s roots go back to the Ute Indians who wintered at…
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AROUND TOWN: Greenbergs are Quality of Life honorees at Hospice & Palliative Care luncheon
“You have one life to live, and it’s not a dress rehearsal!” Those words of encouragement by Paulette Greenberg, joined by her husband, Dr. David Greenberg, were advice to a crowd of almost 450 honoring them at the May 6 Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care’s annual Illuminations luncheon. In the day’s video, David said…
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Pikes Pick: Pledge drive open for Pioneers Museum anniversary
It’s 130 years of our history and Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is raising $130,000 for even more collectibles and stories. Now through May 31, share a Gift of History at secure.qgiv.com/for/giftofhistory. — Linda Navarro
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Philanthropy on the Farm a night of fun and fundraising for Children’s Hospital
It was a lively evening of delicious farm-to-table meals, dancing, friends and Western hats and jeans for supporters of Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs, at Spruce Mountain Ranch in Larkspur. The touching portion of the 2026 Philanthropy on the Farm evening was the stories recounted by former patients, now hospital ambassadors, and their families. And…