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Downtown festival, parade to celebrate Colorado Springs’ 150th anniversary
Chances are you might not be around to celebrate Colorado Springs’ next big anniversary. So you better celebrate the city’s sesquicentennial while the celebrating is good. Saturday will mark the final big event in a year of events acknowledging our impressive 150th birthday. The free COS 150 Festival is downtown along Vermijo Avenue from noon-8…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was a slow, good man whose life had to be in…
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Workers put finishing touches on ‘America the Beautiful’ parade float as Colorado Springs prepares for 150th birthday party
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A major construction company was working with Colorado Springs officials on Friday to put some finishing touches on the signature float for the city’s 150th birthday parade. A half-ton piece of steel, shaped to resemble the outline of Pikes Peak, will top off the centerpiece…
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Workers put finishing touches on ‘America the Beautiful’ parade float as Colorado Springs prepares for 150th birthday party
A major construction company was working with Colorado Springs officials on Friday to put some finishing touches on the signature float for the city’s 150th birthday parade. A half-ton piece of steel, shaped to resemble the outline of Pikes Peak, will top off the centerpiece float for the city’s “Parade Through Time,” a procession that…