City of Manitou Springs, Colorado
—  City  —
Motto: At the foot of Pikes Peak
Location in El Paso County and the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 38°51′24″N 104°54′36″W / 38.85667°N 104.91°W / 38.85667; -104.91Coordinates: 38°51′24″N 104°54′36″W / 38.85667°N 104.91°W / 38.85667; -104.91
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County[1]	El Paso
Incorporated	January 25, 1888[2]
Government
• Type	Home Rule Municipality[1]
• Mayor	Marc A. Snyder[3]
Area
• Total	3.2 sq mi (8.2 km2)
• Land	3.2 sq mi (8.2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation[4]	6,412 ft (1,938 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,992
• Density	1,600/sq mi (610/km2)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code[5]	80829
Area code(s)	719
FIPS code	08-48445
GNIS feature ID	0193457
Website	City of Manitou Springs

Part of the commercial district

Pikes Peak as seen from Manitou Springs

The city of Manitou Springs is a Home Rule Municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,992 at the 2010 census.^[6]

Students are served by Manitou Springs School District 14 and Manitou Springs High School.

Although nearby Colorado Springs is sometimes called "the Springs", some residents of Manitou or of westside Colorado Springs refer to both cities together as "the Springs". The main road through the center of town was one of the direct paths to Pikes Peak, which is visible from Manitou Springs. The downtown area continues to be of interest to travelers, particularly in the summer, as the downtown area consists of many one-story, adjoining, small shops, restaurants, and pubs, as well as a creekside city park with a children's playground made from unusual materials. Among other services, shops cater to tourist interests such as clothing, candy, souvenirs, and outdoor recreation.

History[link]

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Manitou Springs derives its name from two dozen mineral springs situated throughout the area, many of which have drinking spigots for the public. The minerals present at each location change the flavor of the local water.

Originally known as Manitou, the town tried to change the name to Manitou Springs in 1885, but the proper paperwork was not filed. In early 1935 the voters officially approved the name change to Manitou Springs, and the change was endorsed by the Colorado Secretary of State later that same year.

In the early 1900s, the town became known as a health destination for people suffering from tuberculosis. The clean mountain air and mineral springs waters were part of a healthy retreat for people arriving by rail from across the country.

In the 1970s, Woodland Park, 19 miles (31 km) up Ute Pass, built a sewage treatment plant on top of the fault line that forms the pass. As a result, many of the springs were made undrinkable during the bulk of the 1980s, but this has since largely been corrected.

Since the recent 2008 construction, Manitou has new springs to offer.

Geography[link]

Manitou Springs is located at 38°51′24″N 104°54′36″W / 38.85667°N 104.91°W / 38.85667; -104.91 (38.856559, -104.909996)^[7].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km²), all of it land.^[8]

Demographics[link]

As of the census^[9] of 2000, there were 4,980 people, 2,452 households, and 1,255 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,642.6 people per square mile (634.6/km²). There were 2,654 housing units at an average density of 875.4 per square mile (338.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.98% White, 0.50% African American, 1.06% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.94% from other races, and 2.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.65% of the population.

There were 2,452 households out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.8% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the city the population was spread out with 18.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,514, and the median income for a family was $57,260. Males had a median income of $39,102 versus $24,286 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,492. About 4.7% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.

Attractions and community events[link]

Preserved Baldwin Engine No. 5 on public display at Manitou Springs Depot, Sept 2006

• The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, extending from Manitou Springs to the top of Pikes Peak
• Fruitcake Toss and Fruitcake Launch in January
• The Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo cook off and Mardi Gras Parade^{[citation needed]}
• The Emma Crawford Coffin Races. Festivities start with a parade through town of the teams of four pallbearers and one "Emma" who will be racing through town with their coffin. Typically, the race is held on the last Saturday in October. The races have been covered nationally by the Travel Channel.
• Briarhurst Manor, Victorian manor house built in 1876 by the founder of Manitou Springs, Dr. William Bell
• The Manitou Cliff Dwellings^[10], a full-size replica of Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings, as well as a museum. The cliff dwellings were relocated in the early 1900s from their original location in the Four Corners area.^[11]
• The Cliff House at Pikes Peak, a small luxury hotel and dining room, on the National Register of Historic Places
• Iron Springs Chateau and melodrama
• Soda Springs Park, a cultural mecca
• Cave of the Winds, cave complex; tours given daily

A view overlooking the city from the foothills

See also[link]

• Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado cities and towns
    • Colorado municipalities
  • Colorado counties
    • El Paso County, Colorado
  • Colorado metropolitan areas
    • Front Range Urban Corridor
    • South Central Colorado Urban Area
    • Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway
• Pikes Peak

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Manitou Springs, Colorado

• City of Manitou Springs official website
• Manitou Springs Wikkii
• Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce
• Pikes Peak Country Attractions
• CDOT map of the City of Manitou Springs

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Scott Schultz (born April 19, 1978, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a former Canadian football defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at North Dakota.

Schultz has also been a member of the San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

He retired on August 4, 2009, to become the president of an insurance brokerage.^[1]

References[link]

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• Saskatchewan Roughriders bio

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Anglicanism portal

Emma Crawford (died 9 March 1939) was a teacher and mother superior of a religious order.

Life[link]

She was born to Lt. William Crawford, the adjutant of the coastal artillery brigade, and his wife Sarah, in Kent, England, in or near Woolwich. Details on her early life are scarce, including her date of birth, which has been approximated as possibly 1864. She was well-educated and may have had teaching experience.

She moved to Queensland, Australia, and shortly thereafter, in September 1896, was admitted into the Anglican Society of the Sacred Advent. The founder of the order, Sister Caroline, who had worked with the poor and neglected in England before moving to Australia, continued her work there in Brisbane. The order had only recently accepted an offer from Bishop William Thomas Thornhill Webber to manage an orphanage and a "rescue" home for women and infants there.

The State Education Act of 1875 prohibited any form of religious instruction in the government-funded schools of Queensland. To meet the demand for religious education, Bishop Webber asked the sisters to open a primary day school for the children of the area and to also manage the Eton High School for girls. Sister Emma was made the sister-in-charge of the latter school, and through her effort proved the viability of Anglican girl's schools in Queensland. Her influence in her order increased when the mother superior of the order, now Mother Caroline, left for England to find financial help and new members of the community. In 1905, Emma became the mother superior of the order. The community developed a school for troubled girls in Brisbane, and later took over a school in Stanhope, which was later moved to Warwick and renamed St. Catharine's.

During World War I, Mother Emma accepted an offer from Bishop John Oliver Feetham to establish boarding schools for girls in his diocese. The order established St. Anne's school in Townsville, which opened in July 1917; St. Mary's school in Herberton in 1918, St. Gabriel's schhol in Charters Towers in 1921. After the war ended, the order also acquired a hostel in Charleville, for children attending the local state school who needed a place to live, and in 1992 Mother Emma accepted the responsibility of managing the St. Martin's War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane. In 1929, she began her last major venture in Brisbane, establishing St. Aidan's School at Corinda in February.

In 1932, she accepted the offer of the Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton to relocate there, and began to manage St. Faith's School in Yeppoon.

Legacy[link]

By the time of her death from cancer on 9 March 1939, Mother Emma had established her community in three of the five Anglican dioceses of Queensland. Her schools, which were based on the model of English schools, maintained high and strict academic standards, and insisted on using only well trained teachers and staff. Her order never had more than thirty professed sisters, causing her to lament in 1906 that "responses to the call of the life of a sister are still very rare in Australia."^[1]

Bishop Feetham described her as "the principal benefactress of this diocese"^[1] on her death, for her work with the order and her efforts to moderate the rising tide of materialism and secularism in the area.

She is commemorated in the Calendar of saints of the Anglican Church of Australia on 9 March.

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} Emma Crawford, Australian Dictionary of Biography Online edition