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At 6,035 feet (1,839 m) [ 9] the city stands over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level. 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.
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 resort town.
Colorado Springs City Hall. Colorado Springs Day Nursery. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Colorado Springs Public Library–Carnegie Building. The Colorado Springs School. Colorado Springs station. Cottonwood Creek Bridge (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Cutler Hall.
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.
Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Colorado Springs Airport. Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway. Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900. Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting. Cragmor, Colorado. Cripple Creek Gold Rush.
Mary Jane (Merten) Osborn, microbiologist and biochemist, born in Colorado Springs. William Jackson Palmer, a founder of the city and developer of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Talcott Parsons, sociologist. Kenneth Sims, geologist, born in Colorado Springs. Winfield Scott Stratton, prospector and philanthropist.
Economy of Colorado Springs, Colorado (5 C, 8 P) Education in Colorado Springs, Colorado (4 C, 17 P) Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado) (13 P)
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