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2. Garden of the Gods - Wikipedia

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   Garden of the Gods. /  38.8677690°N 104.8910877°W  / 38.8677690; -104.8910877. Garden of the Gods ( Arapaho: Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i) is a 1,341.3 acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. [1] 862 acres (3.49 km 2) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.

3. Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   79000599 [1] Added to NRHP. November 29, 1979. Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history museum (sometimes called an open-air museum) and farm located at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Staff and volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire interpret life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 through ...

4. Garden of the Gods Trading Post - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 104°53′33.0″W. The Garden of the Gods Trading Post is a historic site in Manitou Springs, Colorado. It is adjacent to the Colorado Springs public park Garden of the Gods .

5. Glen Eyrie - Wikipedia

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   Boundary increase. December 20, 2016. Glen Eyrie is an English Tudor-style castle built in 1871 by General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. The castle is owned today by The Navigators, a worldwide Christian para-church organization based in the city. It is open for public tours and events and can be rented for private ...

6. Cave of the Winds (Colorado) - Wikipedia

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   Flowstone & draperies Helictites (Cave of the Winds, Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA) As the water table dropped within the cave system air began to fill the passageways and caverns. Stalactites formed on the cave's ceilings as calcium carbonate-rich water dripped leaving thin calcite rings that grew into icicle-like shapes over thousands of years.

7. A Hiker's Path: Sandstone scenes at the Garden of the Gods in ...

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   Located in the beautiful Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, the Garden of the Gods section of the forest features ancient sandstone cliffs and stunning rock formations. This beautiful ...

8. Steamboat Rock (Garden of the Gods) - Wikipedia

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   Governing body. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Steamboat Rock is a rock formation in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is easily accessible by paved road and is a popular spot for tourist photography. The rock was once privately owned, and tourists climbed upon the rock for photographs of it and nearby Balanced Rock.

9. History of Colorado Springs, Colorado - Wikipedia

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   1880: 17,406 [10] 1879: 5,000-5,500 [11] Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1859 [12] during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a resort town.