Timeline of Colorado Springs, Colorado

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

19th century

• 1871 - Colorado Springs Company founded by William Jackson Palmer.^[1]
• 1872
  • Town incorporated.
  • Out West newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1873 - Town becomes seat of El Paso County.^[3]
• 1874
  • Colorado College^[4] and Colorado School for Deaf Mutes^[5] established.
  • Grasshopper plague.^[6]
  • Jackson house (residence) built.^[5]
  • Evergreen Cemetery in use.^[6]
• 1875 - El Paso County Library (social library) active.^[7]
• 1876 - Town becomes part of the new State of Colorado.
• 1882 - Antlers Hotel in business.^[5]
• 1885 - Colorado Midland Railway in operation.^[8]
• 1890
  • Alamo Hotel built.
  • Free Library and Reading Room Association established.^[9]
• 1891
  • Gold found in nearby Cripple Creek.^[8]
  • Pikes Peak cog railway^[8] and St. Mary's Church built.
• 1892 - Pike National Forest established near Colorado Springs.
• 1893 - High School Building opens.^[10]
• 1899 - Van Briggle Art Pottery founded.^[5]

20th century

• 1901 - Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway begins operating.^[11]
• 1903 - El Paso County Courthouse building constructed.
• 1904 - Colorado Springs City Hall built.
• 1905
  • Colorado Springs Public Library-Carnegie Building opens.^[9]
  • Henry Clay Hall becomes mayor.
• 1906 - Sons of the American Revolution chapter organized.^[12]
• 1907 - Monument Valley Park developed.
• 1909 - Garden of the Gods park established.^[3]
• 1910
  • St. Stephen's School^[13] and Colorado Springs Light, Heat and Power Company^[14] established.
  • Population: 29,078.^[15]
• 1913 - Harry H. Seldomridge becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district.^[16]
• 1917 - Colorado City becomes part of Colorado Springs.^[8]
• 1918 - Broadmoor Hotel in business.^[5]
• 1919 - Broadmoor Art Academy founded.^[5]
• 1920 - Blair's Business College established.^[13]
• 1923 - Colorado Springs Municipal Auditorium and Cottonwood Creek Bridge built.
• 1925 - Alexander Airport built.
• 1926 - National Methodist Sanitorium opens.
• 1928 - Alexander Film Company relocates to Colorado Spring.
• 1935 - Peak Theatre opens.^[17]
• 1936 - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center built.^[5]
• 1937
  • Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo begins.
  • Colorado Springs Museum established.^[18]
• 1938 - Broadmoor Ice Palace (skating rink) opens.
• 1940 - Population: 33,237.^[8]
• 1941 - U.S. military Camp Carson established.^[3]
• 1946 - Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph newspaper in publication.^[2]
• 1948 - Peterson Field established.^[3]
• 1949 - Pikes Peak Range Riders active.^[19]
• 1953 - Pikes Peak Ghost Town in business.^[18]
• 1956 - Santa's Workshop opens near city.
• 1957 - North American Aerospace Defense Command established.^[3]
• 1958 - United States Air Force Academy established near city.^[20]
• 1962 - United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel built.
• 1964 - Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker built near city.
• 1965 - Colorado Technical College and University of Colorado, Colorado Springs^[3] established.
• 1967 - Pikes Peak Community College established.^[3]
• 1970
  • Colorado Springs Sun newspaper begins publication.^[2]
  • Population: 135,060.^[3]
• 1974 - Care and Share food bank incorporated.^[21]
• 1975
  • Peterson U.S. Air Force Base active.
  • Larry Ochs becomes mayor.
• 1978
  • United States Olympic Training Center opens.^[8]
  • National Sports Festival held.
• 1979
  • Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association headquartered in city.
  • Bob Isaac becomes mayor.
  • Professional Rodeo Hall of Champs^[3] and Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum open.
• 1980 - Pikes Peak Genealogical Society founded.
• 1982
  • Colorado Springs' 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;^[22] metro 397,014.
• 1992 - Earth Spirit Pagans^[23] and Citizens Project^[23] established.
• 1994 - ADX Florence federal supermax prison begins operating in vicinity of Colorado Springs.
• 1997 - Mary Lou Makepeace becomes mayor.
• 1998 - World Arena, Colorado Springs opens.

21st century

• 2000
  • Pikes Peak Greenway opens.
  • Population: 360,890.^[24]
• 2003
  • Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra^[25] and Red Rock Canyon Open Space established.
  • Lionel Rivera becomes mayor.
• 2006
  • First marijuana dispensary in state, Cannabis Theraputics opens to the public^[26][27][28]
• 2007
  • January: Doug Lamborn becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district.^[29]
  • December 9: New Life shootings.
• 2008 - Hollywood Theaters (cinema) in business.^[17]
• 2010 - Population: 416,427.^[30]
  • July 1, 2010 - 230 medical marijuana related-businesses with active sales tax licenses meet registration deadline and are allowed to continue operating.^[26]
• 2011 - Steve Bach becomes mayor.^[31]
• 2012 - June 23: Waldo Canyon fire begins.^[32]
• 2013
  • June 11: Black Forest Fire begins near city.
  • November 5: While approved by county residents in the 2012 election,^[33] city officials continue to refuse to allow any recreational marijuana dispensaries to open.^[34][35]
• 2015 - Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting occurs.
• 2016 - Blizzard of March 20, 2016 closed down I-25 for more than 12 hours. Monument hill became impassable.

See also

• History of Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Timeline of Colorado history

Other cities in Colorado

• Timeline of Boulder, Colorado
• Timeline of Denver

References

1. "Archives Finding Aids: Western History Collection". Western History and Genealogy. Denver, Colorado: Denver Public Library. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
2. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
3. Nergal 1980.
4. Federal Writers’ Project 1945, p. 467: "Chronology"
5. Federal Writers’ Project 1945, p. 111: "Colorado Springs"
6. City Council 1902.
7. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". New Jersey: Princeton University. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
8. Kurian 1994.
9. Colorado's Century of Public Libraries. Denver: Colorado State Library. 1959.
10. G.B. Turnbull (1893). "New High School Building at Colorado Springs". School Review 1. JSTOR 1074071.
11. Short Line Blue Book 4, Pueblo, Colorado, 1904
12. "Special Collections - Archives Listing". Rocky Mountain Online. University of New Mexico. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
13. Patterson's American Educational Directory 19. Chicago. 1922.
14. Poor's Manual of Public Utilities, Poor's Manual Company, 1914
15. Giovanni Perilli (1922). Colorado and the Italians in Colorado. Denver.
16. "Colorado". Official Congressional Directory: 63rd Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1913.
17. "Movie Theaters in Colorado Springs, CO". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
18. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Colorado: Colorado Springs". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.
19. "Pikes Peak Range Riders". Colorado Springs. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
20. Colorado State Archives. "Colorado History Chronology". State of Colorado. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
21. "Colorado Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
22. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
23. Pluralism Project. "Colorado Springs, CO". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
24. "Colorado Springs (city), Colorado". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009.
25. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Colorado Springs, Colorado". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
26. http://gazette.com/competition-killing-some-marijuana-dispensaries/article/106832
27. http://www.coloradospringsindyweed.com/colorado-springs-marijuana/local-pot-pioneer-wants-out-springs-cannabis-comic-fest-debuts-and-more/
28. http://www.westword.com/news/medical-marijuana-has-become-a-growth-industry-in-colorado-5102587
29. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
30. "Colorado Springs (city), Colorado". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
31. "US mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
32. Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
33. http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/amendment/2012/64-legalize-marijuana/#el-paso
34. "Election Results Retail Marijuana". Denver: Colorado Municipal League. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
35. "Cannabis Legal, Localities Begin to Just Say No". New York Times. January 26, 2014.

Bibliography

• "Colorado Springs". Colorado State Business Directory. Denver: J.A. Blake. 1878.
• "Colorado Springs". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser. 1884.
• Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs: Warren & Stride. 1896.
• "Historical Sketch". City of Colorado Springs. City Council. 1902.
• George Irving Finlay (1906). Colorado Springs; a guide book describing the rock formations in the vicinity of Colorado Springs. Out West Company.
• "Colorado Springs", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
• Federal Writers’ Project (1945). "Colorado Springs". Colorado: a Guide to the Highest State. American Guide Series. New York: Hastings House. p. 111+. OL 24557683M.
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Colorado Springs", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Colorado Springs", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO
• "Colorado: Southern Front Range: Colorado Springs", Rocky Mountains, Lonely Planet, 1999, OL 22952362M

External links

• "Colorado Springs City Directories: 1879 - 1922". Regional History/Genealogy. Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak Library District.
• Items related to Colorado Springs, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)