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    William Jackson Palmer (September 18, 1836 – March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer and veteran of the American Civil War. During the Civil War...
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    In 1867, William Jackson Palmer and Edward Hibberd Johnson headed west from their hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. General Palmer was the construction...
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  • Named after Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer, the Palmer Divide is a caprock escarpment-style ridge in central Colorado that separates the...
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  • Law William Palmer (murderer) (1824–1856), doctor and multiple murderer William Isaac Palmer (1824–1893), English businessman William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909)...
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    census. Palmer Lake was founded by General William Jackson Palmer in 1871 and was incorporated in 1889. Palmer Lake is one of three communities in the Tri-Lakes...
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    Eyrie is an English Tudor-style castle built in 1871 by General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. The castle is owned today by The...
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    Colorado Springs High School, Palmer High School was renamed in 1959 after the city's founder, General William Jackson Palmer. At that date, the city had...
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  • founded in 1874 on land designated by U.S. Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and of Colorado...
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    – via Google Books. A Builder of the West: The Life of General William Jackson Palmer, by John Stirling Fisher and Chase Mellen, copyright 1981, by Ayer...
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    Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a resort town. Old Colorado City was annexed into Colorado Springs...
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    sheep. The general area became known as Austin Bluffs. In 1902, William Jackson Palmer the founder of Colorado Springs, donated the 692 acres to Colorado...
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    Term, 1878), by William T. Otto, published 1879, from Harvard University A Builder of the West: The Life of General William Jackson Palmer Archived May 3...
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    Jackson Palmer (1867 – 13 August 1919) was the Member of Parliament for Waitemata and Ohinemuri, in the North Island of New Zealand. Born in Belfast, Ireland...
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  • Colorado and New Mexico and forming railway companies. General William Jackson Palmer needed financing for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad which Blackmore...
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    College in 1885. An additional 480 acres was donated by General William Jackson Palmer. That land included High Drive, Silver Cascade Falls, and Helen...
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    National Trail Association. Pike was honored in 1901 by General William Jackson Palmer with a marble statue placed near the main entrance of the Antlers...
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    reserves. In 1867, these coal deposits caught the attention of William Jackson Palmer, then leading a survey team planning the route of the Kansas Pacific...
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    built in January 1882 and has been preserved in its original form. William Jackson Palmer (1836–1908) was a former Union General (serving in the American...
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    it was named after William Jackson Palmer. "Palmaer Hall". Retrieved March 8, 2016. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palmer Hall (Colorado College)...
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    his behavior. Among its many notable occupants was Union officer William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909). In 1862, he was captured while scouting after the Battle...
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    Rockefeller William A. Clark William Jackson Palmer Joseph Pulitzer Cornelius Vanderbilt Henry Ford Marjorie Merriweather Post Marcus Daly William Barstow...
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    businessman, investor, politician, and philanthropist. He helped William Jackson Palmer establish the municipality of Colorado Springs. As county clerk...
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    on narrow-gauge railroad tracks under the instruction of General William Jackson Palmer of the Denver and Rio Gange Railway. The main line from Mexico City...
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    brothels, Colorado City had opium dens in its early days. When William Jackson Palmer purchased the land for Colorado Springs, he outlawed the consumption...
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    Ightham Mote was rented in 1887 to the American railway magnate William Jackson Palmer and his family and for three years became a centre for artists and...
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    Steppe climate region with the Southern Rocky Mountains to the west, the Palmer Divide to the north, high plains further east, and high desert lands to...
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    of the town were filed by noted railroad tycoon and entrepreneur William Jackson Palmer and Governor Alex Hunt in 1876. The fort is now operated by the...
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    Railway (D&RG) was incorporated on October 27, 1870, by General William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909), and a board of four directors. It was originally announced...
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    crossing. However, Steedman's cavalry under the command of Colonel William Jackson Palmer captured the Confederate pontoon train on December 30 along with...
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    Springs, Colorado, Tudor Revival style house built in 1871 for William Jackson Palmer. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Glen...
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