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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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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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Colorado Springs counts down to state’s 150th anniversary
Colorado Springs is gearing up for a series of summer events to mark the dual anniversaries of the state and the United States. Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, former Mayor John Suthers and a handful of other officials launched the countdown on the shore of North Catamount Reservoir on Thursday morning. Mobolade said he hosted…
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Little-known legend of Colorado Nick to be celebrated at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
For years in Colorado Springs, Scott Boyer had been learning little by little about a tattoo artist in local lore who went by Colorado Nick. His real name was Leonard Newell Wisner, Boyer learned. And in learning this he learned the man was buried at Evergreen Cemetery. Boyer came to an unmarked grave. “Here was…
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Two weeks after rejection, Colorado Springs City Council marks Black History Month
Colorado Springs City Council announced a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month at Tuesday’s meeting, two weeks after a first attempt at a proclamation was rejected by the body. After the delay, it had appeared that the recognition might not take place. Shirley Martinez, outgoing president of the MLK Legacy Committee, said that this…
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Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum to host opera singers from around the world
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A location inspired the show. Last summer, when Elizabeth Bond visited the newly renovated historic 1903 El Paso County Courthouse, inside the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, all she could hear were the sounds of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s comedic operetta “Trial by Jury.” This…
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Art on the Streets exhibit brings a dozen new pieces to downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Fred Lunger spotted the old shovel in an antique store, he had to have it. But how could the Parker artist alchemize it into a piece of art? As he sat on his back porch, contemplating the tool, a few noisy magpies and crows…
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Pikes Pick: Local history stroll dives into ‘Law and Disorder’ of city’s past
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is hosting a half-mile guided stroll Saturday mornings through Sept. 27. This historic walking tour set in downtown will take visitors through the troubles facing the city during the Prohibition…
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Colorado Springs museum to offer free family day
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kids who visit Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum are infatuated with the “City of Sunshine” exhibit. That’s where they learn how the city attracted those infected with tuberculosis back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, luring them with our sunny climate, which was said to…
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‘This is Ute Homeland’: New museum exhibit showcases Ute People of Pikes Peak
Within a pristine glass display case on the second floor of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, six little moccasins rest. The tiny leather shoes are fitted for children’s feet. The three on the bottom are worn by age, the color of the beads fading and the leather thinning. Above them, little moccasins no more than…