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The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR) is a certified nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado and serving El Paso and Teller counties. In February 2014, Andy Vick replaced Christina McGrath as COPPeR's executive director. [1] COPPeR receives funding from the city of Colorado Springs and from ...
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is located at 215 S. Tejon Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The granite building with a domed clock tower was the El Paso County Courthouse building from 1903 to 1973. The museum, which moved to this location in 1979, has fine arts, artifacts and archival collections that document [1] [3] the Pikes Peak ...
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history museum (sometimes called an open-air museum) and farm located at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Staff and volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire interpret life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 through 1910. [ 2 ]
Colorado City, now called Old Colorado City, was founded at the confluence of Fountain and Camp creeks on August 13, 1859, making it the first Pikes Peak region settlement. [21] [26] The Colorado City area became part of the Jefferson Territory on October 24 and of El Paso County on November 28, 1859. From November 5, 1861, until August 14 ...
The museum opened on August 18, 2005 and in 2013 the museum received the key to the City of Spokane Valley. The museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the heritage of the Spokane Valley area and surrounding regions. The museum preserves history through stories including agricultural heritage, aviation history, military life and much more.
The historic district's location along and atop a cliff overlooking the city center played a prominent role in its development. Wealthy residents in the then nascent city of Spokane built mansions in the Browne's Addition neighborhood, along flat land just west of downtown. When space began to run out there, construction of homes for wealthy ...
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Air Services Museum, Colorado Springs; Climbing Tree Children's Museum, Montrose, closed in 2011 [9] Colorado History Museum, Denver, closed in 2010, administered by History Colorado, incorporated into the History Colorado Center; Dinosaur Depot Museum, Cañon City, closed in 2013, exhibits moved to Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History ...