Tag: 150th anniversary
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Day 150th celebration in Denver
A busy Colorado Day in Denver on Aug. 1, centered at Union Station, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Soccer fun, music, food, drinks, history, gold panning, dance performances and walking tours of LoDo. Free. denverunionstation.com/events/colorado-day — Linda Navarro
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From ‘Pikes Peak or Bust’ to Crocs: How Colorado has reinvented itself for 150 years
After three and a half years in Colorado, I knew the state had mountains and sunshine. What I didn’t know was how often Colorado has reinvented itself. Or why Colorado is the way it is. After a 90-minute tour with Katherine Mercier — a historian who developed the “38th Star” exhibition at the History Colorado…
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From ‘Pikes Peak or Bust’ to Crocs: How Colorado has reinvented itself for 150 years
After 3 1/2 in Colorado, I knew the state had mountains and sunshine. What I didn’t know was how often Colorado has reinvented itself. Or why Colorado is the way it is. After a 90-minute tour with Katherine Mercier — a historian who developed the “38th Star” exhibition at the History Colorado Center — I…
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From ‘Pikes Peak or Bust’ to Crocs: How Colorado has reinvented itself for 150 years
After three and a half years in Colorado, I knew the state had mountains and sunshine. What I didn’t know was how often Colorado has reinvented itself. Or why Colorado is the way it is. After a 90-minute tour with Katherine Mercier — a historian who developed the “38th Star” exhibition at the History Colorado…
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PIKES PICK: A birthday bash for Colorado
Mark your calendar for Happy 150th Birthday Colorado, Aug. 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Music, food trucks, history and birthday cake at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Tickets: secure.qgiv.com — Linda Navarro
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10 memorable Colorado Springs political moments that were covered by The Gazette
Some of the city’s most significant and far-reaching political moments — like the 1971 founding of the national Libertarian Party in a Colorado Springs living room — only loomed large as the years passed and completely escaped coverage in the local paper when they happened. Other events — from the 1894 Cripple Creek miner’s strike…
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Weekend storms could disrupt Colorado Springs 150th celebrations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weekend storms could rain on the Colorado Springs 150 Anniversary parade after a week of high — and in some cases, record-breaking — temperatures, the National Weather Service predicted. Temperatures could hit triple digits in Denver Wednesday, breaking a 145-year-old record of 98 degrees from 1876, the…
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Weekend storms could disrupt Colorado Springs 150th celebrations
Weekend storms could rain on the Colorado Springs 150 Anniversary parade after a week of high — and in some cases, record-breaking — temperatures, the National Weather Service predicted. Temperatures could hit triple digits in Denver Wednesday, breaking a 145-year-old record of 98 degrees from 1876, the agency reported. Thursday is forecast to skim record highs at…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | How our city streets earned their names
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | How our city streets earned their names
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. Bijou Street. Mark Dabling Boulevard.…