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Although history books usually begin with the 19th-century gold rush to the central Rockies, the real cradle of Colorado is here, on the wind-swept plains of the Southeast. It was here, in the 1540s, that the first gold-seekers arrived - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his band of conquistadores. It was here, in 1806, that Colorado received its first emissaries from the United States - the expedition led by Zebulon Pike. And it was here, in 1833, that the first American settlement was raised - Bent’s Old Fort. __The Arkansas River represents a direct line into the past. The Santa Fe Trail ran right alongside it, bringing traders and, later, armies into one of the country’s last Native American strongholds. For legendary frontiersmen such as Kit Carson and John C. Fremont, the Arkansas provided a gateway to the Rockies. Homesteaders traveled upstream in their wake, moving in tandem with the railroad crews and building towns - Lamar, La Junta and Rocky Ford - that still dot the banks of the river. The two largest cities of Southeast Colorado, Trinidad and Pueblo, made their wealth on ranching, coal mining and commerce. __Today the region possesses the dignity that comes with age. There’s no heritage of hurry here, no rush to riches at the foundation of the culture. Time is as plentiful as the prairie shortgrass. Visitors who overlook this quiet corner of the state are missing out on something special. In the vastness of its landscapes and the bottomless depth of its roots, Southeast Colorado conveys a sense of the eternal.
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Harrison district to consider change in how the board governs
Mar 17, 2010 10:53 pm
The Harrison School District 2 board may vote Thursday to adopt a type of reform that some districts nationwide have implemented to end to conflicted and confusing approaches to governing. However, th...
Anti-gay nonprofit accuses post office of censorship
Mar 17, 2010 6:38 pm
A Colorado Springs nonprofit opposed to gays and lesbians serving in the military accused the Postal Service of censorship Tuesday. The accusation followed a local bulk mail employee's initial refusal...
SIDE STREETS: Billboards are behaving badly, neighbors say
Mar 17, 2010 6:08 pm
Times Square. Las Vegas. Security, Colo. What do they have in common? High-tech, digital, brilliant LED billboards turning nighttime into day. LEDs, known for turning neighborhood Christmas decoration...
Third member resigns from Memorial commission
Mar 17, 2010 4:53 am
A third member of the newly appointed Citizens Commission on Ownership and Governance of Memorial Health System has resigned. John Burrington, a retired physician and member of the El Paso County Boar...
The people speak: Give grant to Springs music projects
Mar 17, 2010 2:38 am
You voted for music. Local arts enthusiasts recently got to vote for their favorite project to receive a $10,000 grant from two local foundations in the Art Creates Community contest. And, after three...
THE COLD CASE FILES: Citadel Village murders, 1995
Mar 16, 2010 8:53 pm
Each victim is a face frozen in time, haunting investigators whose job it is to bring their killers to justice decades after the trail has gone cold.The Gazette in cooperation with the Colorado Spring...
NOREEN: Where do the bucks stop in D-2?
Mar 16, 2010 8:08 pm
The Colorado Secretary of States elections office reports that Harrison School District 2 Superintendent Mike Miles donated $800 to the re-election campaign of D-2 Board President Deborah Hendrix in O...
$1.8 million in stimulus money helps locals stave off homelessness
Mar 16, 2010 5:38 pm
People on the verge of homelessness and those who recently became homeless because theyve fallen on hard times have a new $1.8 million safety net in town: the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing ...
GREAT KIDS: Allison Miller, 18
Mar 16, 2010 11:08 am
Why nominated Allison is a wonderful blend of compassion and commitment, with a passion for life that infects everyone she meets, wrote her dad, Clark Miller. Besides maintaining a nearly perfect grad...
YOUR SPACE: Who ya gonna call? Search & Rescue
Mar 15, 2010 9:23 pm
Stephanie Hammar was convinced she was a goner. The top of Barr Trail is a bad place to have a heart attack. But there she was last summer at twilight, delirious and dying a shock for the fit 42-year...
