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Spencer Penrose incorporated El Pomar Foundation in 1937 with a donation of 15,000 shares of stock in El Pomar Investment Company and a check for $129,500. [2] In its first year, the Foundation made 5 grants, totaling $81,737, to: Junior League of Colorado Springs Nutrition Camp, Fountain Valley School of Colorado, Penrose Colorado Community School, Glockner Hospital, and the Boys & Girls Club ...
The Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun is located at 8,136 feet (2,480 m) in elevation. [4]: 123 It is about 1,500 feet (460 m) in elevation above Colorado Springs, and is also above the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on the side of Cheyenne Mountain.
The Navigators was founded in 1933 by the evangelist Dawson Trotman, who mentored United States Navy sailor Lester Spencer aboard USS West Virginia. Due to those efforts, 135 additional sailors on Spencer's ship became Christians before it was sunk at Pearl Harbor .
Spencer Penrose (November 2, 1865 – December 7, 1939) was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He made his fortune from mining, ore processing, and real ...
The Norris Penrose Event Center is a multi-purpose facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, located at the base of Pikes Peak.It is home to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo.It consists of an outdoor stadium, built in 1938 by Spencer Penrose, rancher and capitalist Jasper Ackerman, and mining partner Charles Leaming Tutt.
Spencer takes over the Indians program as the first new head coach in more than 20 years. Former coach Kozerski led the team to the 2011 Class 2A final and a 33-14 win over Glasgow to claim the ...
In Colorado, Spencer became active in the Woman's Suffrage Movement. [2] [3] She was a founder of the Women's Club of Colorado Springs (1902) as well as of the Civic League (1909). [1] [2] The Civic League, which championed both women's rights and labor rights, ran afoul of business interests in the state and was eventually forced to close, in ...
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