Word: colorados
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Little Lunnon." To Colorado's Governor Dan Thornton, the decision was "a dream come true." Scores of towns had fought over the plum; 580 were suggested and 67 were checked firsthand...
Except for a nearby girls' college, Colorado Springs had all the requirements...
...Town" (West Colorado Springs) was founded in 1859 by brawling goldseekers. At the town's first church service the minister found only one worshiper because everyone else was out hanging a Mexican horse thief. Later, however, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad decided to cash in on the area's magnificent scenery (Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, etc.) and climate (69° average in summer, 29° in winter), promoted a swank resort. So many young Englishmen came that Colorado Springs was called "Little Lunnon." Amidst the Rockies they played cricket and polo; one wrote...
...Billion Campus. In payrolls, purchases and visitors, the Air Academy will eventually mean $100 million a year to Colorado Springs. The first 300 cadets (class of '59) will begin school in temporary Denver quarters next summer, but before they graduate, the academy will be settled on its ranch-country campus...
...truck order is a gamble. But Riss, an old poker-playing crony of Harry Truman, has had a long career of cashing in on his gambles. He got into trucking by way of semi-pro baseball. On the strength of a flashy tryout for a team at Colorado Springs, he was touted as a new sensation...