By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: This map will show the places that you can walk or drive to and visit locations where ice houses & cold storages structures once stood. It also shows where natural ice was harvested and then transported by railroad box cars and where the ice plants that made artificial ice were […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: Before the days of refrigeration or artificial ice, nature provided a way to keep foods and other perishables frozen and stored. Natural ice would be cut, hauled, and stored by workers during winter months then stored throughout the year. Ice Houses were also known as ice wells, ice pits, or […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Cañon City Illustrated 1897 “An Admirable System” “The irrigation system of Canon City is admirable. Almost the entire breadth of the valley at this point is covered with water, including some of the higher mesas. The completion of State Canal No. 1, now being constructed by convict labor, will add greatly […]
By: Loretta (Stevens) Bailey June 30, 2019 Now: Pat McFarland, another volunteer, and I took a short drive to Lakeside Cemetery at the top of 9th Street. The purpose of the drive was to visit eight sites that I had researched for this blog. We both had memories of springs, lakes, ponds, and a natural […]
By: Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: Take a drive or stroll around the block of the former St. Scholastica Girls Academy (1890-2001) campus and look at the buildings. This block was once home to the Collegiate and Military Institute (1880-1886) built by the Grand Army of the Republic. Both schools have now come and gone but […]