Timeline: History of the Broadmoor
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › September 15, 2011
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1860s: Burton C. Myers raises corn and wheat on 720 acres in the area of what would become the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club and the Broadmoor Hotel at the base of Cheyenne Mountain. He uses the corn for brooms which were sold in his store in Colorado City.
1880s: Philadelphian William J. Wilcox comes to Colorado Springs to recover from tuberculosis and buys the Myers farm and an additional 800 acres. He starts the Broadmoor Dairy Farm and is later joined by a partner, Prussian Count James Pourtales of Silesia, who made the venture a success.See the full content of this document
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Timeline: History of the Broadmoor
1888: Count Pourtales starts the Cheyenne Lake, Land and Improvement Company to plat and market his dream, "Broadmoor City." He dams Cheyenne Creek to create Cheyenne Lake, which drains away time after time in 1888 and 1889 until Pourtales has the bottom lined with clay. Cheyenne Lake would be the focal point of his development.
1889: Count Pourtales combines all his land holdings, including the dairy farm, in the Broadmoor Land and Investment Company and plats the 2,400 Broadmoor acres. As an incentive for people to buy his lots, he promises to build an e...See the full content of this document
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