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Colorado Springs Events

  • Pikes peak

    Pikes peak
    Pikes peak was discovered and amed by Zebulon Pike.
  • Colorado & the U.S.A

    The American Indian War ended and Colorado was taken over to be part of the United States of America.
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    The Gold

    The Colorado Gold Rush brought in people looking to strike it rich!
  • The Railroad

    The Railroad
    The Colorado Central railroad station began construction. It took almost 8 years but it got done.
  • Colorado Springs

    The city of Colorado Springs got officially funded.
  • The School

    The School
    Mary "Queen" Palmer orginized the first schol for kids to learn at. It is now district 11.
  • College

    College
    The first college in Colorado Springs was funded. The Colorado College.
  • The Medical Center

    The Medical Center
    St. Frances Medical Center Opened as the first hospital of Colorado Springs.
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    Tesla

    Nikoli Tesla moved into Colorado Springs and performed his first experiments there.
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    The War

    The first world war started and people joined the war all over the country.
  • The Depressed

    The Depressed
    The Great Depresion hit North America. People started losing money and they could not find jobs and life was just hard.
  • The Nuke

    The Nuke
    In Cheyenne Mountain a nuclear bunker was built. Just in case a nuke were to go off in the United States the bunker would keep valuable imformation and people safe.
  • Airfore

    Airfore
    The Peterson Airforcde base was open and activated to serve the United States.
  • Columbine

    In Columbine there was a massacre. All of Colorado went into lockdown and there was sadness everywhere.
  • Terrorists

    Terrorists
    The World Trade Center was attacked in New York. The Nation went into an uproar and nothing stayed the same.