Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, [1] [a] was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs [1] and a 19th-century railroad junction. [4] The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore Street and North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. [5]
The town of Roswell, built 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Colorado Springs in 1889, [6] was named for a man from New York, Governor Roswell P. Flower, [7] who felt that Colorado Springs' climate was only second to Saranac, New York for its curative benefits for tuberculosis patients. (See Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs). [8]
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By 1899, he was an investor in mining [9] and the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway. [10] The town was located on Monument Creek at the junction of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RG) and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroads (CRI&P). [6] The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad had reached the area about 1875 [11] and in 1889, Roswell had a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) yard. [12] [b] Roswell had a stone Rock Island Round House and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway bridge over the CRI&P railway. [14]
There were 448 residents in 1900. [15] In 1902, Roswell was a "considerable settlement". [16] Its streets included: Brewster, Cable, Elm (a northern city boundary), Holly, Laurel, Low, Myrtle, Parker, Poplar, Rock Island, Roswell, Sage, and part of Cedar. [1] Roswell had a school, [1] Methodist Episcopal Church, [13] and the Roswell Hotel by 1903. [13] That year, the 26.04-acre (10.54 ha) Roswell Park had an equestrian race track [1] [c] and a ballpark. [18]
According to the 1910 United States Federal census, there were 426 residents in Roswell (El Paso County precinct 22). [19] By 1911, the population had reduced to 250 people. [20] By 1919, Roswell was a transfer station for coal loads from the Pikeview mine to the north and the Keystone mine 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the east. [21] [22] [d] In the 1940s, the Roswell race track was used as an automobile speedway. [24]
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Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, [1] [a] was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs [1] and a 19th-century railroad junction. [4] The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore Street and North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. [5]
The town of Roswell, built 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Colorado Springs in 1889, [6] was named for a man from New York, Governor Roswell P. Flower, [7] who felt that Colorado Springs' climate was only second to Saranac, New York for its curative benefits for tuberculosis patients. (See Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs). [8]
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By 1899, he was an investor in mining [9] and the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway. [10] The town was located on Monument Creek at the junction of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RG) and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroads (CRI&P). [6] The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad had reached the area about 1875 [11] and in 1889, Roswell had a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) yard. [12] [b] Roswell had a stone Rock Island Round House and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway bridge over the CRI&P railway. [14]
There were 448 residents in 1900. [15] In 1902, Roswell was a "considerable settlement". [16] Its streets included: Brewster, Cable, Elm (a northern city boundary), Holly, Laurel, Low, Myrtle, Parker, Poplar, Rock Island, Roswell, Sage, and part of Cedar. [1] Roswell had a school, [1] Methodist Episcopal Church, [13] and the Roswell Hotel by 1903. [13] That year, the 26.04-acre (10.54 ha) Roswell Park had an equestrian race track [1] [c] and a ballpark. [18]
According to the 1910 United States Federal census, there were 426 residents in Roswell (El Paso County precinct 22). [19] By 1911, the population had reduced to 250 people. [20] By 1919, Roswell was a transfer station for coal loads from the Pikeview mine to the north and the Keystone mine 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the east. [21] [22] [d] In the 1940s, the Roswell race track was used as an automobile speedway. [24]
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Fitzsimmons Harry, mgr Rock Island Round House.