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Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site in Colorado Springs presents life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 to 1910 through six historic areas, including indigenous life, homesteading, the 1874 Rock Ledge House, a blacksmith shop, and a 1907 Edwardian estate. Staff and volunteers in period clothing demonstrate daily work such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, mowing, and household chores, while barns, farm animals, and a working blacksmith shop create the feel of an active historic farm. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it survived a 2009 financial threat through public fundraising and remains a leading hands-on center for regional history.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado · United States
