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1961
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, lies at the foot of Pikes Peak at 6,000 feet above sea level. This is its history, from the early days as a health mecca and supply post for the gold mines of Cripple Creek to its present role as a military and defense center for the entire region.
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[2016]
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A vividly written biography of one of Colorado's first families. General Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, is well known to Coloradans. But lesser known and just as compelling in many ways, are his wife Queen and their daughters, who inhabited one of the great houses in the West, Glen Eyrie. Almost like a fairy tale in its conception, their relationship was a fascinating blend of frontier challenges and gracious...
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"John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the 'little family' of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in Colorado soon evolves into an all-out battle as each man...