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[a] Colorado has five municipalities above 10,000 feet (3,048 m) elevation, 40 above 8,000 feet (2,438 m) elevation, 115 above 6,000 feet (1,829 m) elevation, 256 above 4,000 feet (1,219 m) elevation, and all 273 municipalities are above 3,350 feet (1,021 m) elevation. The Town of Carbonate, Colorado is technically the highest elevation ...
1928 - Alexander Film Company relocates to Colorado Springs. 1935 - Peak Theatre opens. [18] 1936 - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center built. [5] 1937 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo begins. Colorado Springs Museum established. [19] 1938 - Broadmoor Ice Palace (skating rink) opens. 1940 - Population: 33,237. [9] 1941 - U.S. military Camp Carson ...
Colorado Springs is near the base of Pikes Peak, which rises 14,115 feet (4,302.31 m) above sea level on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The city is the largest city north of Mexico above 6000 feet in elevation.
The British and Soviet forces near Wismar on the Baltic coast, 3 May 1945. The German ocean liner Cap Arcona was sunk by British warplanes in the Bay of Lübeck with 5,000 concentration camp prisoners aboard. Over 400 SS personnel made it to lifeboats and were rescued but only 350 of the prisoners survived. [6] [7]
The Flying W Ranch is a working mountain cattle ranch, and since 1953, a tourism and entertainment venue in the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colorado. From May to October, the ranch features outdoor chuckwagon suppers typical of those served on cattle drives, and western style living history areas. After burning in the Waldo Canyon Fire in ...
May 5 – George Cary, architect (born 1859). [29] May 14 – Heber J. Grant, 7th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1856) May 17 – Bobby Hutchins, Our Gang films child actor (born 1925; killed in military aviation accident) May 18 – William Joseph Simmons, founder of the second Ku Klux Klan (born 1880) May 21
Colorado Springs is 70 miles south of Denver, which has the largest population of any city in Colorado. Colorado Springs has the largest area of any city in the state, with 194.87 square miles (504.7 km 2) in 2013. [6] Of that, 132 square miles (340 km 2) is developed land. [1]: 32 It has 16,331 parkland acres and 7,431 street land miles. [6]
Year Date Event 2024: November 5: In the 2024 General Election, Colorado voters elect ten U.S. Presidential Electors for Vice President Kamala Harris.Voters elect four Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives: Jeff Hurd for the 3rd District, Lauren Boebert for the 4th District, Jeff Crank for the 5th District, and Gabe Evans for the 8th District; and re-elect four incumbent Democratic ...