Colorado Springs

A city of central Colorado at the foot of Pikes Peak south of Denver. Founded as a resort in 1871, it prospered after the discovery of gold at Cripple Creek (1891). The city is the site of the US Air Force Academy, which opened here in 1958.

Colorado Springs

n (Placename) a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)

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n. a city in central Colorado: U.S. Air Force Academy. 345,127.

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Colorado Springs - a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force AcademyCentennial State, Colorado, CO - a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

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city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes PeakPikes Peak,
14,110 ft (4,301 m) high, central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.; discovered by U.S. explorer Zebulon Pike in 1806. There are many higher peaks in the Rockies, but this is the best known and most conspicuous because of its location on the edge of the
..... Click the link for more information. ; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. Electronic, computer, mining, and aerospace manufactures are important economically.

The town of El Dorado (later Colorado City) was founded on Fountain Creek by gold miners in 1859. In 1871, Gen. William Palmer and the Denver and Rio Grande RR established the city of Fountain Colony nearby; the modern name was adopted because of the many mineral springs in the area. Colorado Springs absorbed Colorado City in 1917. The city grew enormously in the late 20th cent.

The seat of Colorado College, a Univ. of Colorado branch, and Nazarene Bible College, Colorado Springs is also the site of a U.S. Olympic training center and the headquarters of Pike National Forest. The United States Air Force Academy is just north; also nearby are U.S. Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, and Cheyenne Mountain.

Colorado Springs

a city in the western USA, located in the state of Colorado. It is situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at the foot of Pikes Peak. In 1970 it had a population of 135,000; including the suburbs, 236,000. It is a balneological and climatic health resort. It is a center of tourism and sports competitions.

Colorado Springs

a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop.: 370 448 (2003 est.)

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noun a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains

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