Getting Around/ When it comes to local transportation in the Pikes Peak region, it's been a long trip that began with a few dusty trails, passed through an era of rails and finally arrived at our modern network of streets and highways. From: The Gazette | Date: July 24, 2001| Author: | Copyright 2001 The Gazette. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

PART 12 OF A 24-PART SERIES introducing the rich heritage of our region. Find stories and additional materials online at www.gazette.com/wellsprings.

Next time you're downtown, notice how wide the streets are.

We have Colorado Springs' founder, Gen. William Jackson Palmer, to thank for that.

When Palmer, surveyor Robert A. Cameron and engineer E.S. Nettleton laid out the gridiron street system in 1871, they planned 100-foot-wide streets and 140-foot-wide avenues. Palmer wanted them wide enough so a carriage pulled by a team of eight horses could make a U-turn.

Palmer took pains to highlight ...

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