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Oklahoma Wesleyan University traces its history back to 1905 [6] through several antecedent schools. In 1905, Rocky Mountain Missionary and Evangelistic School was founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Affiliated with the Pilgrim Holiness Church, the school would undergo several name changes before becoming Colorado Springs Bible College in ...
Edward Loranus Rice (A.B. 1892, Sc.D. 1927) – acting president, Ohio Wesleyan University (1938–39); biologist; scientific consultant to Clarence Darrow before Scopes Trial; William North Rice (1865) – three-time acting president, Wesleyan University (1907, 1908–09, 1918); geologist, earned first PhD. in geology granted by Yale University
Roy J. Wasson High School was established in 1959 and named after the superintendent of Colorado Springs School District 11.The school's 28.2 acre (11.4 hectare) campus opened with a three-wing building built at a cost of $3.1 million with a capacity of nearly 2,000 students.
Palmer High School is located at 301 North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The present building was built by the Works Progress Administration under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. Originally named Colorado Springs High School, Palmer High School was renamed in 1959 after the city's founder, General William Jackson Palmer.
Ghosts of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-61423-615-3. Wendler Lovell, Jennifer; Robert D. Loevy (May 14, 2011). Exploring the Old North End Neighborhood of Colorado Springs: A Guide to Its History and Architecture. Old North End Neighborhood (ONEN). ISBN 978-0-615-44430-7.
Coronado High School (CHS) is a public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.It is part of the Colorado Springs School District 11.. Coronado High School is located on Mesa Road and Fillmore Street, on a mesa overlooking Colorado Springs, with a view of Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods.
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885), author; Nellie Burget Miller (1875-1952), Poet Laureate of Colorado; Stanley Krueber (1892–1987), pulp fiction author; buried in Colorado Springs
Completed by Penrose in 1937, the shrine is a 100 feet (30 m), five story observation tower that overlooks The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, and Garden of the Gods. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for its artistic and architectural qualities. [1] [3]: 8:5