We are highlighting the history of African Americans in Colorado and how they shaped our past. We looked at the city's founding and how it was founded by abolitionists and the legacy that carried.

In 1865 here in Colorado Springs the city's founder General William Jackson Palmer made sure that all children regardless of color could attend school together, according to the Pikes Peak Library ...

The founder of Colorado Springs, General William Jackson Palmer, built a huge house for his family in the late 1800s and later remodeled the structure to become the castle it is today. Today ...