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Seventy miles south of Denver on I-25, COLORADO
SPRINGS was origi-nally developed as a vacation spot
in 1871 by railroad tycoon William Jackson Palmer. He attracted
so many English gentry to the town that it earned the nickname
of "Little London." Despite sprawling for ten miles
alongside I-25, modern Colorado Springs, a bastion of conservatism
compared to liberal Denver, still retains much of Palmer's vision,
thanks to a high military presence, fundamentalist religious organizations,
the exclusive Colorado College and a well-to-do Anglo-American
community.
Motorists whisk through the incredible Garden
of the Gods , on the west edge of town off US-24 W, without
bothering to get out of their vehicles. This gnarled, twisted
and warped red sandstone rockery was lifted up at the same time
as the nearby mountains (around 65 million years ago), but has
since been eroded into finely balanced overhangs, jagged pinnacles,
massive pedestals and mushroom formations. The visitor
center , at the park's eastern border (tel 719/634-6666),
has details on hiking and mountain biking trails
.
At the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame ,
101 Pro Rodeo Drive, off I-25 exit 147 (daily 9am5pm; $6; www.prorodeo.com
), videos and displays explain the sport's various disciplines
(calf roping, barrel racing and the like). Other local exhibits
of note include the painting and sculpture gardens of the Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center , 30 W Dale St (TuesFri 9am5pm,
Sat 10am5pm, Sun 15pm; $6), ranging from Native American art to
Post-Modern pieces; the displays and demonstrations of specialized
mining equipment at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry
, east of I-25 exit 156A (MonSat 9am4pm, Sun noon4pm;
$6); and the town's history museum, the Colorado Springs
Pioneer Museum , 215 S Tejon St (TuesSat 10am5pm, Sun
15pm; free), part of which is a restored courtroom, location for
a number of Perry Mason episodes.
