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Springs, Conservatism, and Poodles: Local History Lightning Round

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Marker reads: "The first stake of the Fountain Colony was driven here July 31 1871 / D.A.R. July 4 1895." Marker is located at the southeast corner of East Pikes Peak Avenue and Cascade Avenue.
Credit Stewarts Commercial Photographers / Pikes Peak Library District, 013-10116

Soldiers at Fort Carson, 1951.
Credit Stan Payne, Colorado Springs Gazette. / Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District, 004-10677

Aerial View of Colorado Springs, circa 1935.
Credit Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District, 051-4080