Tag: ramona
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A century ago, ‘sin city’ Ramona rose at the entrance to Ute Pass
One day in the late 1990s, Colorado Springs history buff David Swint came across an old, dusty mug with a curious inscription. “Heidelberg Inn, Ramona, Colo.” Where was Ramona, Swint wondered. Ramona, it turns out, was a former town within his current town. On Colorado Springs’ west side, around Thorndale Park and the neighborhood off…
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A century ago, ‘sin city’ Ramona rose at the entrance to Ute Pass
One day in the late 1990s, Colorado Springs history buff David Swint came across an old, dusty mug with a curious inscription. “Heidelberg Inn, Ramona, Colo.” Where was Ramona, Swint wondered. Ramona, it turns out, was a former town within his current town. On Colorado Springs’ west side, around Thorndale Park and the neighborhood off…