Tag: history
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The Kingdom of Bull Hill
By Emil W. PfeifferHistory Colorado (Emil Pfeiffer came to Colorado in 1882 as an accountant, but became a miner in the Cripple Creek area during the economic troubles of the 1890s. There he witnessed and participated in the landmark 1894 Cripple Creek miners’ Strike. His article here documented the events of that strike, and was…
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Henry M. Teller – ‘Colorado’s grand old man’
By Steve Plutt On behalf of the Ute Pass Historical Society, and in celebration of America’s 250th, Colorado’s 150th and the Ute Pass Historical Society’s 50th anniversaries, we’d like to present the following account of the namesake of Teller County, the Honorable Henry Teller. A Republican, Henry Teller was a successful Colorado businessman, lawyer, and…
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New historic marker initiative allows Coloradans to propose landmarks
Colorado residents will soon have a say in what will be Colorado’s next landmarks across the state. The “America 250-Colorado 150 Commission,” an initiative celebrating America’s 250 years of independence and Colorado’s 150 years of statehood, announced a new Historic Marker Program. Through the program, “local organizations, historians, and residents” can propose historic markers for important locations…
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At this contentious time, we should strive to live like Lincoln | Paul J. Batura
It may not feel or seem like it today, but every four years, for well over a hundred years, March 4th was a big day and a big deal here in the United States. Back in 1789, the Continental Congress codified it as Inauguration Day – a tradition that lasted until 1933 when the 20th Amendment officially…
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Neglected historical cemetery in Colorado Springs gets facelift
The desolate little cemetery at the northeast corner of Bear Creek Dog Park has gotten some much-needed attention. In the past month, the El Paso County Parks Department has replaced a dilapidated fence around the seven grave markers – the burial site of people who lived at the El Paso County Poor Farm. The poor…
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New exhibit tells the story of Leadville’s Irish immigrant community
At 10,000 feet, winter doesn’t just arrive; it settles into your bones. Snow swallows rooftops. Oxygen thins. In the mines, darkness is constant; above ground, the cold is merciless. If a cough lingers too long or the sun doesn’t shine for one too many days, it could mean the difference between life and death. This…
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Yes, indeed, Piggly Wiggly grocery stores once had a home in Colorado Springs
Gazette readers have been wondering about stories passed down by family members about shopping at their neighborhood Piggly Wiggly stores “way back when” in Colorado Springs. True or not? Piggly Wiggly was, and still is, a familiar grocery name in the South, with a history dating 100-plus years. And, indeed, the local connection goes back…
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It’s all about Olympic sports now at training center site with a local military history
As athletes travel to Milan, Italy, to represent America in the Winter Games, there are interesting local memories around the Olympics, the athletes and their connections to Colorado Springs, now Olympic City USA. Of course, there’s the history at the impressive U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, plus the Olympic & Paralympic Committee is headquartered right…
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Lives of Austrian couple who fled WWII, concentration camps, to make new life in Colorado Springs chronicled in new presentation
Leo and Hertha Mohl chose to live in interesting times, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes through their own making. That’s according to Bob Mohl, who will deliver a presentation about the colorful lives of his Austrian parents, who fled Nazi persecution during WWII, immigrated to the U.S. in 1940, and wound up living in Colorado Springs…
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Money Museum director in Colorado Springs helps make sense of the penny’s demise
Abraham Lincoln was three years away from being elected president when the half-cent coin was discontinued as an official form of American currency. Now, his visage on the 1-cent coin is on track to join the lineage of obsolete coins throughout U.S. history. At one end of the basement floor of the Money Museum near…