Timeline of Colorado Springs, Colorado

The following is a timeline of the [History of Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs, Colorado|history] of the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

19th century

1871 - Colorado Springs Company founded by William Jackson Palmer.
1872
* Town incorporated.
* Out West newspaper begins publication.
1873 - Town becomes seat of El Paso County.
1874
* Colorado College and Colorado School for Deaf Mutes established.
* Grasshopper plague.
* Jackson house built.
* Evergreen Cemetery in use.
1875 - El Paso County Library active.
1876 - Town becomes part of the new State of Colorado.
1880 - Four chalybeate mineral springs were discovered along Monument Creek in October 1880 by Dr. Charles Gatchell.
1882 - Antlers Hotel in business.
1885 - Colorado Midland Railway in operation.
1890
* Alamo Hotel built.
* Free Library and Reading Room Association established.
1891
* Gold found in nearby Cripple Creek.
* Pikes Peak cog railway and St. Mary's Church built.
1892 - Pike National Forest established near Colorado Springs.
1893 - High School Building opens.
1899
* Van Briggle Art Pottery founded.
* Tesla Experimental laboratory built on knob hill

20th century

1901 - Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway begins operating.
1903 - El Paso County Courthouse building constructed.
1904 - Colorado Springs City Hall built.
1905
* Colorado Springs Public Library-Carnegie Building opens.
* Henry Clay Hall becomes mayor.
1906 - Sons of the American Revolution chapter organized.
1907 - Monument Valley Park developed.
1909 - Garden of the Gods park established.
1910
* St. Stephen's School and Colorado Springs Light, Heat and Power Company established.
* Population: 29,078.
1913 - Harry H. Seldomridge becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district.
1917 - Colorado City becomes part of Colorado Springs.
1918 - Broadmoor Hotel in business.
1919 - Broadmoor Art Academy founded.
1920 - Blair's Business College established.
1923 - Colorado Springs Municipal Auditorium and Cottonwood Creek Bridge built.
1925 - Alexander Airport built.
1926
* National Methodist Sanitorium opens.
* New pavilion at Tahama Spring is constructed.
1928 - Alexander Film Company relocates to Colorado Springs.
1935 - Peak Theatre opens.
1936 - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center built.
1937
* Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo begins.
* Colorado Springs Museum established.
1938 - Broadmoor Ice Palace opens.
1940 - Population: 33,237.
1941 - U.S. military Camp Carson established.
1946 - Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph newspaper in publication.
1948 - Peterson Field established.
1949 - Pikes Peak Range Riders active.
1953 - Pikes Peak Ghost Town in business.
1956 - Santa's Workshop opens near city.
1957 - North American Aerospace Defense Command established.
1958 - United States Air Force Academy established near city.
1962 - United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel built.
1964 - Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker built near city.
1965 - Colorado Technical College and University of Colorado, Colorado Springs established.
1967 - Pikes Peak Community College established.
1970
* Colorado Springs Sun newspaper begins publication.
* Population: 135,060.
1974 - food bank incorporated.
1975
* Peterson U.S. Air Force Base active.
* Larry Ochs becomes mayor.
1978
* United States Olympic Training Center opens.
* National Sports Festival held.
1979
* Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association headquartered in city.
* Bob Isaac becomes mayor.
* Professional Rodeo Hall of Champs and Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum open.
1980 - founded.
1982
* Colorado Springs' annexation of Broadmoor, Cheyenne Canon, Ivywild, Skyway, and Stratton Meadows neighborhoods is upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court after a district court had voided the annexation.
* Pikes Peak Center built.
1983 - Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs established.
1985 - Falcon U.S. Air Force Station in operation.
1988 - Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival begins.
1990
* Norwest Bank Tower built.
* Population: 281,140; metro 397,014.
1992 - Earth Spirit Pagans and Citizens Project established.
1993 - Focus on the Family relocates headquarters from Pomona, California.
1994 - ADX Florence federal supermax prison begins operating in vicinity of Colorado Springs.
1997 - Mary Lou Makepeace becomes mayor.
1998 - World Arena, Colorado Springs opens.
2000
* Pikes Peak Greenway opens.
* Population: 360,890.
* Prominent published about closeted soldiers here. .

21st century

2003
* Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra and Red Rock Canyon Open Space established.
* Lionel Rivera becomes mayor.
2006
* First marijuana dispensary in state, Cannabis Therapeutics opens to the public
2007
* January: Doug Lamborn becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district.
* December 9: The Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings occur.
2008 - Hollywood Theaters in business.
2010 - Population: 416,427.
* July 1, 2010 - 230 medical marijuana related-businesses with active sales tax licenses meet registration deadline and are allowed to continue operating.
2011 - Steve Bach becomes mayor.
2012 - June 23: The Waldo Canyon fire begins.
2013
* June 11: Black Forest Fire begins near city.
* November 5: While approved by 49.3% of county residents in the 2012 election, city officials continue to refuse to allow any recreational marijuana dispensaries to open.
2015
* The October 2015 Colorado Springs shooting occurs.
* The Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting occurs.
2021 - The 2021 Colorado Springs shooting occurs.
2022 - The Colorado Springs nightclub shooting occurs.