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| 1881 Denver newspaper article |
Since the 1970s, local newspaper articles have mentioned that Fountain was at one time in the running for state capital of Colorado. It is said that in 1859, a meeting was held in Fountain to organize a state government in the Pikes Peak region, and that in 1888, Fountain vied for political prestige as capital city. The explosion destroyed Fountain's chances of becoming a new state capital.
I have been unable to find any documents supporting this claim, but neither have I found any documents against it. Since none of us were there, we may never know. Here is what I learned in the process of researching this article.
