Ruth Carter
Not only was Ruth Carter the first female mayor of Cañon City, she was the first woman in Colorado to gain the […]
Pioneer Women
While many of the street names in Cañon City are named after early male settlers, many of those men came west with […]
Architecture Styles – Dutch Colonial Revival
Dutch Colonial Revival is a subtype of Colonial Revival. Between 1880-1910, a small number of Colonial Revival structures were being built. However, […]
Adelaide
Up along Phantom Canyon sits a ghost town named Adelaide. It suffered when the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad tracks were washed […]
Now & Then: What’s All That Racket and Uproar?
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Then: It’s November 6, 1954 and all is peaceful and quiet in the “City Beautiful,” Cañon City, Colorado. […]