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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Colorado Attractions & History |
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The Garden Of The Gods - One of Colorado's most popular and loved attractions, it was named in 1859 by two surveyers, and the name stuck due to the spectacular and jagged red sandstone rock formations that abruptly jut hundreds of feet into the sky... Read More |
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The Great Sand Dunes - The tallest sand dunes in North America are in the far northern area of the San Luis Valley, a long, broad alpine valley in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. They form because winds flowing east across the valley carry sand and small rocks, then drop the debris when the winds slow as they hit the Sangre De Cristos mountains... Read More |
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The Richest Square Mile On Earth - In May of 1859, a major gold strike was found close to Clear Creek in the Rocky Mountains, and Central City was born. By July over 10,000 people lived in the new town of Central City and the surrounding areas... Read More |
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General William Jackson Palmer - Palmer founded Colorado Springs in 1871 as a resort destination for American West tourists, almost at the foot of Pikes Peak, and close to the Garden Of The Gods, Cave Of The Winds, and Seven Falls. "America The Beautiful" was written here. General Palmer was a Civil War hero... Read More |
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Trail Ridge Road - In Colorado's spectacular Rocky Mountain National Park, the highest point-to-point highway in the country goes over the continental divide between Estes Park and Grand Lake. The road on top winds its way through an alpine tundra ecology, with impressive drop-offs and mountain tops the entire way... Read More |
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The Sand Creek Massacre - It was mostly women, children, and old men who were slaughtered. Scalps were taken, so were other dismembered body parts, later proudly displayed by the Militia in a theatre in Denver, to widespread acclaim... Read More |
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The Black Canyon of the Gunnison - The canyon is a 2000 feet deep gorge carved in the Rocky Mountains by the Gunnison River, delivering spectacular views, hiking, nature hiking trails, and fishing. It's called the Black Canyon because the walls are so steep that sunlight rarely even strikes much of the walls, leaving the rocks looking dark and foreboding... Read More |
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Hahn's Peak & Steamboat Lake - The original Hahn's Peak was founded close to the shores of Steamboat Lake in 1865 during Colorado's gold and silver rush days. When the glory days were over, Hahn's Peak became a ghost town, the miners & businesses dried up & blew away... Read More |
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Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun - Will Rogers, the top-notch Cherokee Indian cowboy, humorist, political commentator, roper, & entertainer of the 1920's and 1930's, was a friend of US Presidents, hollywood luminaries, and many others. His unfortunate death in an airplane crash in Alaska in 1935 saddened many, including philanthropist & friend Spencer Penrose... Read More |
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W.S. Stratton - Stratton found one of the richest gold lodes in the world--a plume of gold ore from ancient volcanic action sticking out of the side of Pikes Peak. And he didn't settle for placer gold, he initiated hard rock mining... Read More |
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