Tag: historic
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Potential El Chapultepec renovation not feasible due to structural issues, developer says
Matthew Runyon of Monfort Companies discusses the developer’s logistical problems with a potential renovation of the beloved, now-closed ‘El Chapultepec’ jazz club.
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LIFE | The living history of Cokedale, Colorado
Cokedale is nestled eight miles west of Trinidad where it began as a 100 man tent colony in 1899. By 1901 it was bought out by Guggenheims’ and proclaimed to be “a model coal camp”. Ruins of coking ovens can still be seen today across the highway 12. Today, around 130 people call Cokedale home,…
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LIFE | Bent’s Old Fort
Bent’s Old Fort is a national historic site in La Junta, Colo.. The two-story adobe fort was constructed in 1976 to bring back the history of the major trading post that rose in the 1830s. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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VIDEO | Creating Community in Manitou
Since it was erected in 1880, the Manitou Community Church has acted as a hub for the community and a safe space for Manitou locals. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Haunted History in Colorado Springs
Gazette reporter Jennifer Mulson learned during a conversation with her neighbor that a house two doors down from her own just west of downtown Colorado Springs was the site of a gruesome 1911 ax murder that claimed the lives of six people. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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VIDEO | Historic churches in the Colorado Springs area
Take a look at some of the historic churches in the Colorado Springs Area. (Video by Chhun Sun and Katie Klann)