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CASCADE, COLORADO,
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Cascade is an unincorporated
town and U.S. Post Office in El Paso County, Colorado, United
States.
The
town of Cascade was established in 1886. The town was named for the many
waterfalls in the area. The Cascade Post Office opened on August 16,
1887. In 1889, the Pikes Peak carriage road was constructed from Cascade
to the top of Pikes Peak.
Fountain
Creek flows off the slopes of Pikes Peak into the town, and turns
southeast into a canyon. US 24 also runs through the town, paralleling
Fountain Creek through the canyon until the exit for Manitou Springs.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA - BED & BREAKFAST INNS
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Colorado Springs is a Home
Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El
Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is located just east of the
geographic center of the state and 61 miles (98 km) south of the Colorado
State Capitol in Denver. At 6,035 feet (1839 meters) the city sits over
one mile above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly
higher.
Colorado
Springs is situated near the base of one of the most famous American
mountains, Pikes Peak, at the eastern edge of the southern Rocky
Mountains.
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With an estimated population
of 380,307 in 2008, it is the second most populous city in the state of
Colorado, following behind Denver, and the 48th most populous city in the
United States, while the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area
had an estimated population of 617,714. The city covers 186.1 square
miles, making it Colorado's largest city in area. Colorado Springs was
selected as the No. 1 Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by
Money magazine in 2006, and placed number one in Outside Magazine's 2009
list of America's Best Cities. However, by 2010, the city was in such
dire economic straits that its city government made deep cuts to many
services, including public safety (fire and police) and parks and
recreation.
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DENVER, COLORADO,
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The City and County of Denver
is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River
Valley on the High Plains, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky
Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of
the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately
15 miles (24 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is
nicknamed the "Mile-High City" because its official elevation
is exactly one mile, or 5,280 feet (1,609 m) above sea level. The 105th
meridian west of Greenwich passes through Union Station, making it the
reference point for the Mountain Time Zone.
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Denver
is the largest city in the Front Range Urban Corridor, an urban region
stretching across eighteen counties in two states. The population of the
Front Range Urban Corridor is estimated at 4,251,663. The city has the
tenth-largest central business district in the United States by
population.
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ESTES PARK,
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 Estes Park is a town in Larimer County, Colorado,
United States. A popular summer resort and the location of the
headquarters for Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park lies along the
Big Thompson River. The town is named after Missouri native Joel Estes,
who founded Estes Park in 1859.
The
town's outskirts include The Stanley Hotel. Once a fine example of
Edwardian opulence, the 1909 building had Stephen King as a guest,
inspiring him to change the locale for his novel The Shining from an
amusement park to the Stanley's fictional stand-in, the Overlook Hotel.
Estes Park was also the site of the organization of the Credit Union
National Association, an important milestone in the history of American
credit unions. Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous highway in the
United States, runs from Estes Park westward through Rocky Mountain
National Park, reaching Grand Lake over the continental divide. The town
suffered severe damage in July 1982 from flooding caused by the failure
of Lawn Lake Dam.
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