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This panoramic map, dated January 1874, shows the layout of the city just a few months before CC was founded on May 6 and two years before Colorado would become a state. The nascent CC is not depicted on the map. Colorado Springs is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year. Photo courtesy CC Special Collections.