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  • The Wildflower Excursions

    The Wildflower Excursions

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    From April into the fall, in the early years of the 20th century tourists made their way from near and far to the Colorado Midland Railroad depot in Colorado Springs for the Wildflower Excursions. The whole story is yet to be written, but here are the basics.

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Early in the 1940s there were women in America who recognized the need for idle hands to get to work. It was not a new idea, but when FDR signed the bill that made the W.A.A.C. into the W.A.C. it was a new way for women to serve their country. Many joined-up and helped win the war.

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