Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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in 1859. This place became the center of the Pikes Peak or Bust gold excitement and the first territorial capital of Colorado. In 1871 General William J. Palmer, pioneer and builder, located the original townsite that is now Colorado Springs. With the trained judgment of an engineer and the vision of a prophet, he chose a site having just the right proximity to the mountains and planned the arrangement of the city ' s magnificent broad streets, avenues, boulevards and parks. The people of Colorado Springs come from all parts of the United States and Europe. The present population of 40,000 is probably as cosmopolitan as could be found in any com- munity of equal size, but the standards of citizenship are high. There are no slums, no foreign quarter or objectionable alien elements, and the bolsheviki and the reds are conspicuous by their absence. There never was a saloon here. It is essentially a city of homes and refinement, a center of culture. In educational fa- cilities and in the development of its commercial, social and religious life it ranks with many cities of much larger » , y — -■ — — . — size. If the visitor seeks the unusual, he may ride in comfort and safety over the wonderful Pikes Peak Auto Highway or the world famous Cog Road to the very summit of Pikes Peak, from which vantage point he may behold a vast pano rama of nature ' s handiwork, comprising many thousands of square miles of billowy plains and towering peaks, dotted here and there with the comparatively insignificant works of man. Or he may take the Crystal Park auto trip or the Mt. Manitou Incline Railway and from different points look down on the many beauties of the region. Or he may visit the wonderful Cave of the Winds, unique in its geo- logical completeness, where stalactite, stalagmite and many other rare and beautiful formations make of the cave a delight to the eye of the ordinary observer and a paradise for the geologist. These are but a few of the many features immediately adjacent to Colorado Springs. It would be impossible to describe them all, even if space permitted. They must be discovered by the visitor himself; and in the finding he will develop that real love of nature which the residents of the Pikes Peak Region know. Within a short radius from Colorado Springs there are a half hundred nationally known scenic wonders, all easily accessible from the city. Here are the massive sandstone formations of the Garden of the Gods. Cripple Creek, the world ' s greatest gold mining camp, is but a few miles distant. Manitou, the Spa of the West, where are located the wonderful mineral springs, is reached by trolley. A favorite one day drive includes a visit to the famous Royal Gorge of the Arkansas, near Canon City. Also, there are ' - ' ?V t -1 literally scores of other principal items and innumerable interesting spots and scenes off the ' beaten paths. on the crystal park auto road SEVEN FALLS, SO. CHEYENNE CANON ■ A W SS ffltr 9