Author: Linda Navarro linda.navarro@gazette.com
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Northern El Paso County has now-extinct early towns most people have never known about
There are hundreds of little ghost towns throughout Colorado, hidden away in or near the former gold rush mining camps or settlements or near the railroads. They’re easy to spot and pass by on the way to popular ski areas. But there are others that are extinct with names that have never been on highway…
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Templeton Gap’s story goes back to the city’s earliest days and before
Drivers travel Templeton Gap Road. Hikers and bikers follow the Templeton Gap Trail and water comes down the Templeton Gap Floodway. But what exactly is the gap? And who was the Templeton who went through that gap? Its story goes far back before the founding of Colorado Springs, to Indigenous times of Native Americans, possibly…
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Pikes Pick: Bring your pups to Pawtoberfest
Dogs and their humans love the Humane Society’s Pawtoberfest. Craft beer, food trucks and doggy contests, Sept. 12, Printers Hill across from Memorial Park. events@hsppr.org — Linda Navarro
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New city Colorado Springs expanded quickly during the 1800s and 1900s with annexations and surprises
It was known as Fountain Colony as Gen. William Jackson Palmer planned his city and drove that first stake at Pikes Peak and Cascade avenues in 1871. By 1872 it was formally incorporated and officially called Colorado Springs. Major expansions, integrations and annexations started almost immediately reaching out every direction from downtown. According to Colorado…
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AROUND TOWN: Chic Boutique a stylish tradition during Goodwill’s Enchanted Weekend
After Brenda Smith and Judy Mackey bought the Garden of the Gods Resort and Club in 2013, it was time for a one-of-a-kind party, recalled Goodwill of Colorado CEO and President Karla Grazier. What about a whole weekend, the threesome wondered. In fact, what about 10 years of An Enchanted Weekend celebrations that have become…
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Pikes Pick: Get ready for CityServe weekend
Registrations are open for the popular citywide, 2,000 volunteers, CityServe Day projects partnered by COS I Love You and United Way, Oct. 2-3. Choose a favorite way to serve, teams or individuals. cosiloveyou.com. — Linda Navarro
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Little was really known about China Jim, whose elegant decor items decorated early North End mansions.
When people decorated their homes along Colorado Springs’ North End “Millionaires Row” of the 1880s and early 1900s, the coveted Chinese and Japanese porcelain, cloisonné, silk, ivory, screens, sculptures and Japanese chochin lamps came from one shop in the new city. The owner was known in history accounts as China Jim, possible real name Leu…
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Pikes Pick: Hands-on work day at Garden of the Gods Park
Sunday is a perfect Stewardship Day to volunteer outdoors to care for beautiful Garden of the Gods Park, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Work with Rocky Mountain Field Institute. gardenofgods.com — Linda Navarro, The Gazette
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Colorado Springs’ earliest nonprofits and charities, children the first focus
Colorado Springs has always had an impressively strong history of philanthropy. Today that has grown to almost 5,000 nonprofits in the metro area, almost 1,000 in the city itself. It all began, along with the city, in the 1800s and here are some of the city’s first nonprofits and charities: 1897: Early Connections Learning Centers…
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Pikes Pick: Help add Youth Symphony Center accessibility
Raising funds now for accessibility additions at Colorado Springs Youth Symphony’s Kathy Loo Center for the Arts serving 500 students from 60 schools Information at csysa.com. — Linda Navarro