The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
19th century
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 (skating rink) 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.
- 1969 - Floyd W. Pettie becomes the first black person elected to the Colorado Springs City Council
- 1970
- Colorado Springs Sun newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 135,060.
- 1974 - Care and Share 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 - Pikes Peak Genealogical Society 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 gays in the military story published about closeted soldiers here. Part 2.
21st century
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