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of the city of

Colorado Springs Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

, USA.

19th century

* 1871 -

Colorado Springs Company William Jackson Palmer (September 18, 1836 – March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer, veteran of the Civil War, industrialist, and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, he was promoted to brevet brigadier general and receiv ...

founded by

William Jackson Palmer William Jackson Palmer (September 18, 1836 – March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer, veteran of the Civil War, industrialist, and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, he was promoted to brevet brigadier general and receive ...

. * 1872 ** Town incorporated. ** ''Out West'' newspaper begins publication. * 1873 - Town becomes seat of El Paso County. * 1874 **

Colorado College Colorado College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approxi ...

and Colorado School for Deaf Mutes established. ** Grasshopper plague. **

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house (residence) built. ** Evergreen Cemetery in use. * 1875 - El Paso County Library (

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) active. * 1876 - Town becomes part of the

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. *1880 - Four

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mineral springs (iron salts and other minerals) were discovered along Monument Creek in October 1880 by Dr. Charles Gatchell. * 1882 - Antlers Hotel in business. * 1885 -

Colorado Midland Railway The Colorado Midland Railway , Railway Equipment and Publication CompanyThe Official Railway Equipment Register June 1917, p. 786 incorporated in 1883, was the first standard gauge railroad built over the Continental Divide in Colorado. It ran f ...

in operation. * 1890 ** Alamo Hotel built. ** Free Library and Reading Room Association established. * 1891 **

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found in nearby Cripple Creek. ** Pikes Peak cog railway and St. Mary's Church built. * 1892 - Pike National Forest established near Colorado Springs. * 1893 - High School Building opens. * 1899 - Van Briggle Art Pottery founded. * 1899 - Tesla Experimental laboratory built on knob hill

20th century

* 1901 -

Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway was a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Colorado around the turn of the 20th century. History On April 13, 1897, Lucian D. Ross, Thomas Burk, James L. Lindsay, W.T. Doubt and Kurn ...

begins operating. * 1903 - El Paso County Courthouse building constructed. * 1904 -

Colorado Springs City Hall The Colorado Springs City Hall is a municipal building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. History Built in 1904, the 2 story Classical Revival building was the municipal center for the Ci ...

built. * 1905 **

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opens. **

Henry Clay Hall Henry Clay Hall Jr. (January 3, 1860 – November 9, 1936) was an American attorney and commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, appointed by president Woodrow Wilson in 1914 and who served on the Commission from March 21, 1914, to Ja ...

becomes mayor. * 1906 - Sons of the American Revolution chapter organized. * 1907 -

Monument Valley Park Monument Valley Park is a historic, recreational park in Colorado Springs, Colorado through which Monument Creek flows. It is a National Register of Historic Places listing and is on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Geography ...

developed. * 1909 -

Garden of the Gods Garden of the Gods (Arapaho: ''Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i'') is a public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Name The area now known as Garden of the Gods was f ...

park established. * 1910 ** St. Stephen's School and Colorado Springs Light, Heat and Power Company established. ** Population: 29,078. * 1913 - Harry H. Seldomridge becomes U.S. representative for

Colorado's 2nd congressional district Colorado's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. The district is located in the north-central part of the state and encompasses the northwestern suburbs of Denver including Boulder and Fort Colli ...

. * 1917 - Colorado City becomes part of Colorado Springs. * 1918 - Broadmoor Hotel in business. * 1919 - Broadmoor Art Academy founded. * 1920 - Blair's Business College established. * 1923 - Colorado Springs Municipal Auditorium and Cottonwood Creek Bridge built. * 1925 - Alexander Airport built. * 1926 **

National Methodist Sanitorium The National Methodist Sanatorium was a 1926 medical facility on Boulder Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was near the Beth-El Hospital, which is now Memorial Hospital. The Sanatorium was later used as the Air Defense Command and North A ...

opens. ** New pavilion at

Tahama Spring Tahama Spring is a mineral spring in Monument Valley Park in Colorado Springs. Named by the city's founder, General William Jackson Palmer, the spring honors Tamaha, who is mentioned by explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike in two journal entries in 1 ...

is constructed. * 1928 -

Alexander Film Company The Alexander Film Company produced films to be shown during intermission in movie theaters. The Alexander Film Company was founded in 1919 in Spokane, Washington and later based in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality ...

relocates to Colorado Springs. * 1935 - Peak Theatre opens. * 1936 -

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (FAC) is an arts center located just north of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. Located on the same city block are the American Numismatic Association and part of the campus of Colorado ...

built. * 1937 ** Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo begins. ** Colorado Springs Museum established. * 1938 - Broadmoor Ice Palace (skating rink) opens. * 1940 - Population: 33,237. * 1941 - U.S. military

Camp Carson Fort Carson is a United States Army post located directly south of Colorado Springs in El Paso, Pueblo, Fremont, and Huerfano counties, Colorado, United States. The developed portion of Fort Carson is located near the City of Colorado Spri ...

established. * 1946 - ''

Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph ''The Gazette'' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It has operated since 1873. History The publication began as ''Out West'', beginning March 23, 1872, but failed in its endeavor. ...

'' newspaper in publication. * 1948 -

Peterson Field Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a U.S. Space Force Base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the N ...

established. * 1949 - Pikes Peak Range Riders active. * 1953 - Pikes Peak Ghost Town in business. * 1956 -

Santa's Workshop Santa's Workshop is the legendary workshop where Santa Claus and his elves are said to live and make the toys and presents given out at Christmas. The exact "location" of Santa's workshop varies depending upon local culture. There are at least ei ...

opens near city. * 1957 -

North American Aerospace Defense Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...

established. * 1958 -

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...

established near city. * 1962 - United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel built. * 1964 -

Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a Space Force installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to the city of Colorado Springs, at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, which hosts the activities of ...

built near city. * 1965 - Colorado Technical College and

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a public research university in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is one of four campuses that make up the University of Colorado system. As of Fall 2017, UCCS had over 12,400 undergraduate an ...

established. * 1967 -

Pikes Peak Community College Pikes Peak State College is a public community college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the largest institution of higher education in the Pikes Peak region. PPSC offers more than 150 programs in liberal arts and sciences transfer and care ...

established. * 1970 ** ''

Colorado Springs Sun The ''Colorado Springs Sun'' was a broadsheet-format newspaper published in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The Sun was a daily newspaper that competed with The Gazette-Telegraph until 1986, when Aero Aero is a Greek prefix relating t ...

'' newspaper begins publication. ** Population: 135,060. * 1974
Care and Share
food bank incorporated. * 1975 ** Peterson U.S. Air Force Base active. ** Larry Ochs becomes mayor. * 1978 **

United States Olympic Training Center The United States Olympic & Paralympic Training Centers (OPTCs) are two campuses created by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) as training facilities for its Olympic and Paralympic athletes. They are located in Colorado Sprin ...

opens. ** National Sports Festival held. * 1979 **

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is the largest rodeo organization in the world. It sanctions events in the United States and Canada, with members from said countries, as well as others. Its championship event is the National ...

headquartered in city. ** Bob Isaac becomes mayor. ** Professional Rodeo Hall of Champs and

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is located at 215 S. Tejon Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The granite building with a domed clock tower was the El Paso County Courthouse building from 1903 to 1973. The museum, which moved to this locati ...

open. * 1980
Pikes Peak Genealogical Society
founded. * 1982 **

' annexation of Broadmoor, Cheyenne Canon, Ivywild, Skyway, and Stratton Meadows neighborhoods is upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court after a district court had voided the annexation. ** Pikes Peak Center built. * 1983 - Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs established. * 1985 - Falcon U.S. Air Force Station in operation. * 1988 - Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival begins. * 1990 ** Norwest Bank Tower built. ** Population: 281,140; metro 397,014. * 1992 - Earth Spirit Pagans and Citizens Project established. * 1993 -

Focus on the Family Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations ...

relocates headquarters from Pomona, California. * 1994 -

ADX Florence The United States Penitentiary, Florence Administrative Maximum Facility (USP Florence ADMAX), commonly known as ADX Florence, is an American federal prison in Fremont County near Florence, Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Pri ...

federal supermax prison begins operating in vicinity of Colorado Springs. * 1997 - Mary Lou Makepeace becomes mayor. * 1998 - World Arena, Colorado Springs opens. * 2000 **

Pikes Peak Greenway Pikes Peak Greenway is a 16 mile trail in Colorado Springs, Colorado that parallels Monument and Fountain Creeks and winds through and alongside parks, like Monument Valley Park, and sports complexes. It connects with other trails, such as the M ...

opens. ** Population: 360,890. ** Prominen
gays in the military story
published about closeted soldiers here
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21st century

* 2003 **

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

and

Red Rock Canyon Open Space Red Rock Canyon Open Space is a city park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is situated on the west side of the city, adjacent to Manitou Springs and south of U.S. Route 24. The park consists of a series of parallel ridges (called " hogbacks" ...

established. ** Lionel Rivera becomes mayor. * 2006 ** First marijuana dispensary in state, Cannabis Therapeutics opens to the publichttp://gazette.com/competition-killing-some-marijuana-dispensaries/article/106832 * 2007 ** January:

Doug Lamborn Douglas Lawrence Lamborn (born May 24, 1954) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. His district is based in Colorado Springs. Early life and career Born ...

becomes U.S. representative for

Colorado's 5th congressional district Colorado's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. The district lies in the center of the state and comprises Colorado Springs and its suburbs including Cimarron Hills and Fort Carson. The distric ...

. ** December 9: The Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings occur. * 2008 - Hollywood Theaters (cinema) in business. * 2010 - Population: 416,427. ** July 1, 2010 - 230 medical marijuana related-businesses with active sales tax licenses meet registration deadline and are allowed to continue operating. * 2011 - Steve Bach becomes mayor. * 2012 - June 23: The Waldo Canyon fire begins. * 2013 ** June 11:

Black Forest Fire The Black Forest Fire was a forest fire that began near Highway 83 and Shoup Road in Black Forest, Colorado around 1:00 p.m. on June 11, 2013. As of June 20, 2013, the fire was 100 percent contained, were burned, at least 509 homes were sa ...

begins near city. ** November 5: While approved by 49.3% of county residents in the 2012 election, city officials continue to refuse to allow any recreational marijuana dispensaries to open. * 2015 ** The

October 2015 Colorado Springs shooting On October 31, 2015, a shooting occurred near downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The shooting began around 8:45 a.m., though a 911 call was placed 10 minutes earlier on the morning of Saturday, October 31, which was Halloween. Three people were ...

occurs. ** The

Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting On November 27, 2015, a mass shooting occurred in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, resulting in the deaths of three people and injuries to nine. A police officer and two civilians were killed; five police officers and ...

occurs. * 2021 - The

2021 Colorado Springs shooting On May 9, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Seven people were killed, including the gunman who committed suicide. Shooting Shortly after midnight on May 9, 2021, police responded ...

occurs. * 2022 - The

Colorado Springs nightclub shooting On November 19–20, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Five people were killed, and 25 others were injured, 19 of them by gunfire. The accused, 22-year-old Anderson Lee A ...

occurs.

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