Timeline of Colorado Springs, Colorado

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

19th century

  • 1871 - Colorado Springs Company founded by William Jackson Palmer.[1]
  • 1872
    • Town incorporated.
    • Out West newspaper begins publication.[2]
  • 1873 - Town becomes seat of El Paso County.[3]
  • 1874
    • Colorado College[4] and Colorado School for Deaf Mutes[5] established.
    • Grasshopper plague.[6]
    • Jackson house (residence) built.[5]
    • Evergreen Cemetery in use.[6]
  • 1875 - El Paso County Library (social library) active.[7]
  • 1876 - Town becomes part of the new State of Colorado.
  • 1880 - Four chalybeate mineral springs (iron salts and other minerals) were discovered along Monument Creek in October 1880 by Dr. Charles Gatchell.[8]
  • 1882 - Antlers Hotel in business.[5]
  • 1885 - Colorado Midland Railway in operation.[9]
  • 1890
    • Alamo Hotel built.
    • Free Library and Reading Room Association established.[10]
  • 1891
    • Gold found in nearby Cripple Creek.[9]
    • Pikes Peak cog railway[9] and St. Mary's Church built.
  • 1892 - Pike National Forest established near Colorado Springs.
  • 1893 - High School Building opens.[11]
  • 1899 - Van Briggle Art Pottery founded.[5]
  • 1899 - Tesla Experimental laboratory built on knob hill

20th century

21st century

See also

References

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  4. ^ Federal Writers’ Project 1945, p. 467: "Chronology"
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Federal Writers’ Project 1945, p. 111: "Colorado Springs"
  6. ^ a b City Council 1902.
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  11. ^ G.B. Turnbull (1893). "New High School Building at Colorado Springs". School Review. 1 (10): 683–687. doi:10.1086/433357. JSTOR 1074071.
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  • Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs: Warren & Stride. 1896. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  • "Historical Sketch". City of Colorado Springs. City Council. 1902. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  • George Irving Finlay (1906). Colorado Springs; a guide book describing the rock formations in the vicinity of Colorado Springs. Out West Company. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
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  • Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Colorado Springs", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
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External links

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  • "Colorado Springs City Directories: 1879 - 1922". Regional History/Genealogy. Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak Library District.
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