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Exploring the history of beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado and the surrounding area. Have a history item to share? Shoot us a @reply :) Colorado Springs Joined May 2012
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10 years ago

I got a length of 4263.8 in slither.io! Can you beat that? #slitherio

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11 years ago

I like to think that my husband is more impressed withe when I do cook due to the rarity of the occurrence :)

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11 years ago

"I'm the best person in the world" - me after I cook anything at all

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11 years ago

All of the “Beulah red” marble in the world went into the Capitol. It cannot be replaced, at any price.

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11 years ago

Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble in the Capitol took six years, from 1894 to 1900.

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11 years ago

“Beulah red” is the name of the red marble that gives the Colorado State Capitol its distinctive splendor.

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11 years ago

Colorado … has the largest number (11) of Nationally Designated Scenic Byways of any state in the U.S. #COS

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12 years ago

According to Wunderground data, this year COS snowfall for February 2015 was 16.6 inches.

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12 years ago

New snow for February ranges from over 6.1 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 1.2 inches in light years in COS

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12 years ago

The television show “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” was set in Colorado Springs, although it was filmed in California. #COS

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12 years ago

The 1978 Robbie Benson/Lynn-Holly Johnson tour-de-force “Ice Castles” was filmed at the Broadmoor World Arena.

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12 years ago

Pikes Peak is the second-most visited mountain in the world, behind Mount Fuji.#COS

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12 years ago

Due to Gold discovered in the area by 1904 Colorado Springs had 1/3 of the nations millionaires earning it the nickname City of Millionaires

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12 years ago

Cave of the Winds, located just west of town, is said to be 500 million years old. #COS

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12 years ago

Travel site TripAdvisor ranks Garden of the Gods #1 in the country, ahead of New York's Central Park (#2) and Chicago's Millennium Park(#3)

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12 years ago

The USAFA Chapel has areas for Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Buddhists & an outdoor stone circle for wiccans, druids & other earth religions

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12 years ago

A popular COS myth is that we get 300 days of sun a year. It was made up by a publicist for a railroad company, to lure travelers out west

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12 years ago

"Old Colorado City" (previously "Colorado City") was incorporated into the city of Colorado Springs in 1917. #COS

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12 years ago

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton was born in Colorado Springs #COS

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12 years ago

COS was once the national HQ for 81 different religious groups, earning the city nicknames "the Evangelical Vatican" & "The Christian Mecca"

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