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Bird's eye view of Idaho Springs Colorado, 1882. On January 5, 1859, during the Colorado gold rush, prospector George A. Jackson discovered placer gold at the present site of Idaho Springs, where Chicago Creek empties into Clear Creek. It was the first substantial gold discovery in Colorado.
Disappearance and murder of Gannon Stauch. Gannon Stauch (September 29, 2008 – January 27, 2020) was an American boy who was murdered by his stepmother, Letecia Hardin (then Stauch), in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [1] His disappearance and death received national attention and sparked a massive search effort involving multiple law enforcement ...
1982 [ 1] Old North End Historic District of Colorado Springs, Colorado is located north of Colorado College [ a] between Monument Valley Park, an alley between Weber and Nevada Streets, and Uintah and Lilac Streets. It was called North End Historic District until September 2015 when the district boundaries were expanded and the neighborhood ...
1880: 17,406 [ 10 ] 1879: 5,000-5,500[ 11 ] Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1859 [ 12 ] during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a ...
Added to NRHP. November 29, 1979. 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]
It is the most populous city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. [ 8 ][ 11 ] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most-populous city in the United States. [ 12 ] It is the principal city of the Colorado ...
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 ...
181 feet (55 m) Number of drops. 224. The Broadmoor Seven Falls is a series of seven cascading waterfalls of South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Cañon, Colorado Springs, Colorado. It has been a privately-owned tourist attraction since it was opened in the early 1880s. There is no parking at Seven Falls. Round trip shuttle service is ...