Colorado Springs Sun

The Colorado Springs Sun: A Living Archive of Colorado Springs, Colorado is a vivid journey through the history of one of the American West's most distinctive cities, chronicled through one of its historic newspapers. Part of the acclaimed Living Archive Series published by Robert Shumake and Shumake Media Group, this volume preserves the documented story of the Colorado Springs Sun and the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, restoring it for a new generation of readers, students, genealogists, and history lovers.

Colorado Springs was not a typical frontier town but a planned resort city, founded in 1871 by General William Jackson Palmer, the Civil War general and railroad builder who chose the site at the foot of Pikes Peak for its beauty and climate. Inside, you'll explore the rise of "Little London" — the genteel, temperance-founded city that drew British settlers and cultured visitors — the Cripple Creek gold boom and its labor wars, and the mountain that inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write "America the Beautiful" in 1893.

This book honors the figures who shaped the region — city founder William Jackson Palmer, businessman and philanthropist Spencer Penrose, and Fannie Mae Duncan, whose Cotton Club welcomed all under the motto "Everybody Welcome" — while documenting the dispossession of the Ute people and the city's later trials, including the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest wildfires.

The volume also features the region's weather and climate history, its business and cultural institutions, and a rich obituary section invaluable for Colorado Springs, Colorado genealogy and family history research. Researched and restored using advanced artificial intelligence and drawing on resources such as the Library of Congress, this historic newspaper archive returns the heritage of Colorado Springs, Colorado to the public it serves. An essential addition to any collection of Colorado history, Western American history, and American history.