Ten years ago, Cripple Creek was a fun, exciting mountain town with a fascinating history from rough-hewn gold miners in the 1890s to cheerful casino visitors in the 21st century. It’s still entertaining and exciting - just more so! A little history: In 1891 a...
Drive west on Colorado Avenue through the historic Westside, and you’ll come to Old Colorado City (OCC for short), a miraculously intact 19th-century commercial district that evaded the wrecker’s ball a few years after the destruction of downtown. Thanks to visionary...
Ten years ago, Downtown Colorado Springs was on the verge of an unprecedented boom, one which would bring thousands of apartments, dozens of businesses and rapid change. Dozens of downtown advocates led by the formidable Susan Edmondson of the Downtown Partnership,...
Want to enjoy Pueblo’s downtown delights in true Colorado style? We have four delightful lodging options that offer unique settings: three historic mansions and one repurposed police station/city jail – all memorable, comfortable, and, most of all, fun. THE DOWNEN...
Downtown Colorado Springs is blessed with many full-service hotels. Without exception, they’re great places to get a drink or dinner, stay for a night or a week or just experience the color, clamor and fun of downtown. Here are four of our favorites, each unique in...
ABRIENDO INN This circa 1906 blond brick four-story mansion is one of the largest and most elaborately detailed Foursquares in Pueblo. It was built for Martin Walter, founder and president of the Walter Brewing Company. The Abriendo Inn offers its guests a choice of...
For much of the 20th century, Pueblo’s economy was driven by railroads and the steelworks of Colorado Fuel & Iron. Pueblo residents loved the strength, diversity and long history of their industrial city. Having survived the Depression, floods and fires, they were...
Long ago, in late April, 1896 two fierce conflagrations burnt the then-shabby city of Cripple Creek to the ground. It may have seemed like an apocalypse, but it turned out to be cleansing and invigorating. As the Cripple Creek Morning Times editorialized a year later,...
Not so long ago, Pueblo was the redheaded stepchild of Colorado’s Front Range cities. For much of the 20th century, the air was polluted by emissions from coal-fired power plants and the massive furnace blasts of Colorado Fuel & Iron and the Arkansas River had the...
Downtown Colorado Springs has seen explosive change in the last several years, creating a new geography that has transformed its built environment. Construction cranes, now year-round residents of our fair city, are creating public buildings that will enhance the city...
When the Colorado Springs City Auditorium opened its doors 100 years ago, its classical revival architecture harmonized beautifully with other grand downtown buildings, such as City Hall, the El Paso County Courthouse (now the Pioneers Museum), the Burns Opera House...
Founded in 1871, Colorado Springs was not the first city to rise at the foot of Pikes Peak. That honor goes to Colorado City, a once-rip roaring town founded in 1859 by four businessmen who hoped to profit from the Colorado gold and silver rush. Remember Pikes Peak or...
