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Ruxton Park
Ruxton Park is a park in Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado at in elevation. The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, which departs from the depot at in elevation, climbs into Englemann Canyon along Ruxton Creek Ruxton Creek is a stream in Manitou Springs, Colorado, Manitou Springs in El Paso County, Colorado. Named for British explorer and writer of the southwest, George Ruxton, George Fredrick Augustus Ruxton, it is one of three main drainage basins in .... It passes by the site of the Halfway Hotel and then Ruxton Park at mile marker 3 on the 8.9 mile trip to Pikes Peak summit. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, it was a small town established along Ruxton Creek near Iron Springs, Colorado (now Manitou Springs). Since 1925, it has been the site of a hydroelectric plant owned by the city of Colorado Springs and a weather station. Ruxton Park was only inhabited by a caretaker for the plant from 1930 to 2008, when the plant was fully automated. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfway House, Pike's Peak, Colorado
Halfway or Half Way may refer to: Places Canada * Halfway, New Brunswick, a community in Durham Parish * Halfway, Ontario, a community in Madawaska Valley Ireland * Halfway, County Cork, a village in the Republic of Ireland United Kingdom *Halfway, Berkshire, England *Halfway, Sheffield, England * Halfway, Wiltshire, a hamlet in Upton Scudamore, England * Halfway, Glasgow, Scotland * Halfway, South Lanarkshire, Scotland * Halfway, Carmarthenshire, Wales, a village in the United Kingdom United States * Halfway, Kentucky *Halfway, Illinois Halfway, Illinois was an unincorporated community in northeastern Williamson County, Illinois located about halfway between the county seat of Marion and Corinth. A post office operated from 1895 to 1911 in a country store. The ZIP Code was 62974. ..., a former community in Williamson County, Illinois *Halfway, Illinois (Little Juarez), a former community in Williamson County, Illinois *Halfway, Maryland *Halfway, Michigan, former name of East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
