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Cog railway lawsuit against Manitou Springs moves toward jury trial
A lawsuit alleging the city of Manitou Springs breached a long-term tax agreement with the company that owns and operates the Pikes Peak cog railway is moving closer toward a jury trial after a judge denied the city’s motion to dismiss the case. El Paso County District Court Judge Gregory Werner on June 18 denied…
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Cog railway lawsuit against Manitou Springs moves toward jury trial
A lawsuit alleging the city of Manitou Springs breached a long-term tax agreement with the company that owns and operates the Pikes Peak cog railway is moving closer toward a jury trial after a judge denied the city’s motion to dismiss the case. El Paso County District Court Judge Gregory Werner on June 18 denied the city’s motion…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was a slow, good man whose life had to be in…
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New book chronicles colorful, lesser-known stories on Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs historian Eric Swab had previously dabbled in researching the Pikes Peak Highway. He’s not one for dabbling as much as he is for diving. “So during the pandemic, that’s what I did. I researched the highway,” he said. “And it turned out there…
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New book chronicles colorful, lesser-known stories on Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs historian Eric Swab had previously dabbled in researching the Pikes Peak Highway. He’s not one for dabbling as much as he is for diving. “So during the pandemic, that’s what I did. I researched the highway,” he said. “And it turned out there was a lot of stuff to find out. I had…
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