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Article: From mansions to mobile homes: the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs is home to a diverse mix of properties.(WHO OWNS COLORADO)(residential real estate develops and gains revenue )
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- ColoradoBiz
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- December 1, 2007
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Legend says Colorado's Black Forest gained its exotic name when its stands of Ponderosa Pine made an early German immigrant nostalgic for the Old Country.
The area north of Colorado Springs is an anomaly, an oddly manicured-looking forest that produces the illusion that the onlooker has been transported somewhere in the high country, not 20 miles east of the foothills on what ought to be the plains.
This illusion extends to what might be termed the forest's culture, which resembles a microcosm of the larger state, as if Beaver Creek could be jammed next to Commerce City.
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That's because Black Forest long has been ...