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Article: Signs of old Times/ Colorado Springs history posted on streets all over city
- Article from:
- The Gazette
- Article date:
- July 17, 2001
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You don't have to be a Colorado Springs native to know that
Palmer Park Boulevard carries the name of town founder Gen. William
Jackson Palmer.
And it doesn't take an Air Force Academy graduate to figure out
how Academy Boulevard came by its name.
But do you know who the Janitell is in Janitell Road? The Powers
in Powers Boulevard? And does Marksheffel Road recognize someone
named Marksheffel - or Mark Sheffel?
While libraries and museums are the usual sources of the Pikes
Peak region's colorful history, street names also serve as something
of a roadmap to the area's past.
From quaint downtown neighborhoods to the sprawling eastern
plains, street and road signs salute many of the ...