Tag: Queen Palmer
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March was the month of city founder Gen. Palmer’s death and his burial in Evergreen Cemetery
The headline atop Page 1 of the Colorado Springs Gazette on March 14, 1909, told the sad story: “General William J. Palmer, Colorado’s Foremost Citizen, is Dead.” “Springs Loses Founder and Chief Benefactor” the story continued, saying he had died a day earlier, at 1:15 p.m.,at his home, Glen Eyrie. The general, an avid horse…