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William Jackson Palmer

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William Jackson Palmer (September 18, 1836 – March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer, soldier, industrialist, and philanthropist. [1]

137 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Alamosa, Colorado, Alexander Cameron Hunt, Alvan Cullem Gillem, American Civil War, Anderson Troop, Andrew Carnegie, Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Arkansas River, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Stones River, Bear Creek Cañon Park, Bessemer (Pueblo), Brevet (military), Brigadier general, Brigadier general (United States), Business magnate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Castle Thunder (prison), Charles Ellet Jr., Civil engineer, Colonel (United States), Colorado, Colorado Coal and Iron Company, Colorado College, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Territory, Confederate States Army, Covington, Georgia, Dean Jagger, Delaware, Denver, Denver and Rio Grande (film), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Don Carlos Buell, Durango, Colorado, Edward Hibberd Johnson, Edwin Stanton, El Paso, Texas, Ellsworth, Kansas, Evergreen Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Flushing, Queens, ..., Fort Delaware, Franklin–Nashville Campaign, Freedman, General officer, General William J. Palmer High School, George B. McClellan, George Henry Thomas, Germantown, Philadelphia, Glen Eyrie, Great Britain, Hampton University, Ightham Mote, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James H. Wilson, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, John Edgar Thomson, Joseph E. Johnston, Kansas Pacific Railway, Kent County, Delaware, Leadville, Colorado, Leipsic, Delaware, Lewis-Palmer High School, Manitou Park Recreation Area, Colorado, Manitou Springs, Colorado, Maryland Campaign, Medal of Honor, Memorial Park, Colorado Springs, Mexico City, Monument Valley Park, Narrow-gauge railway, National Railroad of Mexico, North Cheyenne Cañon Park, Old Colorado City, Palmer Divide, Palmer Lake, Colorado, Palmer Park (Colorado Springs), Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, Pikes Peak, Platte River, Potomac River, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, President of the United States, Prohibition in the United States, Pueblo, Colorado, Quakers, Rail transport, Red Hill, Alabama, Renaissance architecture, Richmond, Virginia, Robert Anderson (Civil War), Robert B. Vance, Robert E. Lee, Robert Stephenson, Royal Gorge, Saguache County, Colorado, Salida, Colorado, San Luis Valley, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Soldier, Telegraphist, The Gazette (Colorado Springs), The Metropolitan Club, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The World's Work, Thomas A. Scott, Tobacco Row, Richmond, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs, Tullahoma Campaign, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, Union Pacific Railroad, United States, United States Army, United States Army Center of Military History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, William Abraham Bell, William N. Pendleton, William Rosecrans, 10th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, 12th Ohio Cavalry, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Expand index (87 more) »

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Alamosa, Colorado

Alamosa is a city under Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.

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Alexander Cameron Hunt

Alexander Cameron Hunt (December 23, 1825 – May 14, 1894) was the fourth Governor of the Territory of Colorado serving from 1867-1869 as a member of the Republican Party.

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Alvan Cullem Gillem

Alvan Cullem Gillem (July 29, 1830 – December 2, 1875) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anderson Troop

Anderson Troop was an independent cavalry company that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (but commonly or;MacKay, p. 29. November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.

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Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

The Antlers is a Wyndham Hotel located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River.

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Army of the Cumberland

The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.

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Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union armies in the American Civil War.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek.

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Battle of Chickamauga

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18 – 20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia — the Chickamauga Campaign.

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Battle of Nashville

The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War.

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Battle of Stones River

The Battle of Stones River (also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro) was a battle fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

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Bear Creek Cañon Park

Bear Creek Cañon Park is a high-country park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado with steep trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding.

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Bessemer (Pueblo)

Bessemer, Colorado was a city in Colorado that was incorporated in 1886.

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Brevet (military)

In many of the world's military establishments, a brevet was a warrant giving a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward for gallantry or meritorious conduct but without conferring the authority, precedence, or pay of real rank.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, brigadier general (BG, BGen, or Brig Gen) is a one-star general officer with the pay grade of O-7 in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.

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Business magnate

A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Castle Thunder (prison)

Castle Thunder, located between what is now 17th Street and 18th Street on northern side of E Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia, was a former tobacco warehouse, located on Tobacco Row, converted into a prison used by the Confederacy to house civilian prisoners, including captured Union spies, political prisoners and those charged with treason during the American Civil War.

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Charles Ellet Jr.

Charles Ellet Jr. (1 January 1810 – 21 June 1862) was an American civil engineer who designed and constructed major canals, bridges, river improvements and railroads before the American Civil War.

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Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.

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Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, colonel is the most senior field grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and immediately below the rank of brigadier general.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Colorado Coal and Iron Company

Colorado Coal and Iron Company was formed in 1880 when three Denver and Rio Grande subsidiaries controlled by William J. Palmer merged.

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Colorado College

The Colorado College (CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, near the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

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Colorado Fuel and Iron

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was a large steel concentration.

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Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind

The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (CSDB) is a K-12 residential school, located on Knob Hill, one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, near the famous laboratory of Nikola Tesla.

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Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is located at 215 S. Tejon Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality that is the largest city by area in Colorado as well as the county seat and the most populous municipality of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Colorado Territory

The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Covington, Georgia

Covington is a city and the county seat of Newton County, Georgia, located 35 miles east of Atlanta.

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Dean Jagger

Dean Jeffries Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) was an American film, stage and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

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Delaware

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern region.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Denver and Rio Grande (film)

Denver and Rio Grande is a Technicolor western film, directed by Byron Haskin and released by Paramount Pictures in 1952.

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company.

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Don Carlos Buell

Don Carlos Buell (March 23, 1818November 19, 1898) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War.

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Durango, Colorado

The City of Durango is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States.

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Edward Hibberd Johnson

Edward Hibberd Johnson (January 4, 1846 – September 9, 1917) was an inventor and business associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison.

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Edwin Stanton

Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso (from Spanish, "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Ellsworth, Kansas

Ellsworth is a city in and the county seat of Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.

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Evergreen Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Evergreen Cemetery is the city-maintained cemetery for Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Colorado.

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Flushing, Queens

Flushing is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States.

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Fort Delaware

Fort Delaware is a harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.

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Franklin–Nashville Campaign

The Franklin–Nashville Campaign, also known as Hood's Tennessee Campaign, was a series of battles in the Western Theater, conducted from September 18 to December 27, 1864, in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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General William J. Palmer High School

This article is about the high school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.

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George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816March 28, 1870) was a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.

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Germantown, Philadelphia

Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia.

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Glen Eyrie

Glen Eyrie is an English Tudor-style castle built in 1871 by General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Hampton University

Hampton University (HU) is a private historically black university in Hampton, Virginia.

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Ightham Mote

Ightham Mote (pronounced "item moat"), Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".

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James H. Wilson

James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837 – February 23, 1925) was a United States Army topographic engineer and a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War.

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James Longstreet

James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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John Edgar Thomson

John Edgar Thomson (February 10, 1808 – May 27, 1874) was an American civil engineer and industrialist.

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Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was a career United States Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and Seminole Wars.

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Kansas Pacific Railway

The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century.

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Kent County, Delaware

Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware.

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Leadville, Colorado

Leadville is the statutory city that is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States.

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Leipsic, Delaware

Leipsic is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States.

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Lewis-Palmer High School

This article is about the high school located in Monument, Colorado.

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Manitou Park Recreation Area, Colorado

Manitou Park Recreation Area is a Pike National Forest park north of Woodland Park on Colorado Highway 67 in Teller County, Colorado.

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Manitou Springs, Colorado

The city of Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Maryland Campaign

The Maryland Campaign—or Antietam Campaign—occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Memorial Park, Colorado Springs

Memorial Park or Memorial Community Park is a community park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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Monument Valley Park

Monument Valley Park is a historic, recreational park in Colorado Springs, Colorado through which Monument Creek flows.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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National Railroad of Mexico

The National Railroad of Mexico (Ferrocarril Nacional de México) was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico.

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North Cheyenne Cañon Park

North Cheyenne Cañon Park or North Cheyenne Canyon Park is a regional park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Old Colorado City

Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, was once a town, but it is now a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Palmer Divide

Named after Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer, the Palmer Divide is a caprock escarpment style ridge in central Colorado that separates the Arkansas River basin from the South Platte basin.

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Palmer Lake, Colorado

Palmer Lake is a Statutory Town in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Palmer Park (Colorado Springs)

Palmer Park is a regional park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy means the love of humanity.

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Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America.

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Platte River

The Platte River is a major river in the state of Nebraska and is about long.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Pottsville is a city in, and the county seat of, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prohibition in the United States

Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.

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Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Red Hill, Alabama

Red Hill is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 14th and early 17th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Robert Anderson (Civil War)

Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War.

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Robert B. Vance

Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) and brother of Zebulon B. Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms (1873–1885).

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an early railway and civil engineer.

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Royal Gorge

The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado.

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Saguache County, Colorado

Saguache County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Salida, Colorado

The City of Salida (Spanish:, "exit") is a Statutory City that is the county seat and most populous city of Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

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San Luis Valley

The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe (or; Tewa: Ogha Po'oge, Yootó) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Soldier

A soldier is one who fights as part of an army.

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Telegraphist

A telegraphist (British English), telegrapher (American English), or telegraph operator is an operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code in order to communicate by land lines or radio.

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The Gazette (Colorado Springs)

The Gazette is a Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.

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The Metropolitan Club

The Metropolitan Club is a private social club in Manhattan, New York City.

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song written by Robbie Robertson and originally recorded by the Canadian-American roots rock group the Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album.

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The World's Work

The World's Work (1900–1932) was a monthly magazine that covered national affairs from a pro-business point of view.

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Thomas A. Scott

Thomas Alexander Scott (December 28, 1823 – May 21, 1881) was an American businessman, railroad executive, and industrialist.

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Tobacco Row, Richmond

--> Tobacco Row is a collection of tobacco warehouses and cigarette factories in Richmond, Virginia adjacent to the James River and Kanawha Canal near its eastern terminus at the head of navigation of the James River.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs

Beginning in the late 19th century, people sought tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs, Colorado, because of its dry climate and fresh mountain air.

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Tullahoma Campaign

The Tullahoma Campaign (or Middle Tennessee Campaign) was a military operation conducted from June 24 to July 3, 1863, by the Union Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, and regarded as one of the most brilliant maneuvers of the American Civil War.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Center of Military History

The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.

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University of Colorado Colorado Springs

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a campus of the University of Colorado system, the state university system of Colorado.

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William Abraham Bell

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William N. Pendleton

William Nelson Pendleton (December 26, 1809 – January 15, 1883) was an American teacher, Episcopal priest, and soldier.

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William Rosecrans

William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer.

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10th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

The 10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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12th Ohio Cavalry

The 12th Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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15th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Anderson Cavalry and the 160th Volunteers, was a three-year cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Colorado Springs Company, General William Palmer, William J. Palmer, William Jackson Parker.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer

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