Day 468
Went to the 1903 El Paso County Courthouse located in Colorado Springs. It ceased to be a courthouse in 1973 when a new updated one was built. It now houses the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, which exhibits the history of Colorado Springs.
This Otis Birdcage Elevator was built in 1913. When this building was a Courthouse it was operated by a staff person. Today Barbara took us downstairs.
First, there are no springs in Colorado Springs. There were, in it’s heyday, numerous sanitariums treating consumption, now known as tuberculosis.
William Jackson Palmer, born September 18, 1836, was an American civil engineer, soldier, industrialist, and philanthropist. During the Civil War, he was a Brigadier General and a Medal of Honor recipient.
Palmer came to the Colorado Territory as a surveyor with the Kansas Pacific Railway in search of possible railroad routes. On July 31, 1871, Palmer founded Colorado Springs as a resort town at the base of Pikes Peak
People came to Colorado for the restorative benefits of its “clean air and sunshine.” Starting in the 1860s, when tuberculosis (TB) was a worldwide problem, physicians in the eastern United States recommended that their patients go to Colorado to regain their health. Tuberculosis was called consumption “because its symptoms consumed those who had it”.
The climate and mountain setting made it a popular tourist destination and health resort. A dry climate supported resorts for people with weak lungs or tuberculosis, including the Colorado Springs sanatoria.
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis in the late-nineteenth and twentieth century before the discovery of antibiotics. In the 1880s and 1890s, it is estimated that one-third of the people living in Colorado Springs had tuberculosis.
Wow Lisa, that sure is a big butterfly.
The 5th Wheel - Now on 4 Wheels 