December 15, 2025
Tag: wildflowers
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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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September 29, 2021 6 Comments
The word “hero” is much used these days, but that’s okay since words are redefined as society sees fit. Here’s a story told in 2012 by a reporter at the New York Times, about a New York City fire chief who in 1912 was their hero. It all started in the basement of an insurance building at 120 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.