Author: Various
Title: Two Documents, Related to Founder of Colorado Springs William Jackson Palmer
Description: Washington, DC / Denver City, s. n. Two printed documents, partially filled in manuscript; 10 x 16; illustrated with vignettes in upper left corners; embossed seals to recto; handwritten title and notes to verso; old crease lines and minor spotting to margins; in very good condition. William Jackson Palmer (1836 - 1909) was a Civil War veteran, engineer, philanthropist, businessman, railroad surveyor and magnate, founder of present-day Colorado Springs, and funder of Colorado College. He also funded hospitals, schools, libraries, road construction, and parks in Denver, Manitou Springs, and Colorado Springs. The two current deeds granted tracts of land to Palmer in Denver by the State of North Carolina, under the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862. He would later donate the land, (unconfirmed officially), but most probably the one, where Highland Park would eventually be build. Very good .

Keywords: Americana, Western Americana


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