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The colorful history and man behind Pikes Peak’s old ski area
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The ink has not yet faded on the yellowed pages from 1938. They are signatures and addresses from the Pikes Peak region and beyond: New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, North Dakota and elsewhere. The names and places are found in a leather-bound guest book — some of the earliest visitors to the ski area…
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The colorful history and man behind Pikes Peak’s old ski area
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The ink has not yet faded on the yellowed pages from 1938. They are signatures and addresses from down in Colorado Springs and beyond: New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, North Dakota and elsewhere. The names and places are found in a leather-bound guest book — some of the earliest visitors to the ski area…
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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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Colorado Springs at 150 years | At look at local business that have thrived for a century and more
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This month, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on July 31, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | The Broadmoor, the grande dame of the Rockies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into…