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Memorable quotes from 1872-1899
``The name of Colorado Springs, while not formally given, was tacitly used among us for want of a better one ... We considered seriously the question of naming the colony site `Manitou.' But it was thought to be too late to make the change -- the name of Colorado Springs had gone into several documents.'' -- Gen. William Jackson Palmer, on the 1872 decision to name his spring-less settlement Colorado Springs.
``It was not in the mind of the founders of this town, a moral end that was sought -- an attempt to enforce abstinence, especially among the mature. The aim was intensely practical -- to create a habitable and successful town. ...'' -- Gen. William Jackson Palmer, on why he established Colorado Springs as a dry town.
``It is a curse; let us do our best to crush it.'' -- Gazette editor J. Elsom Liller, on the illegal proliferation of the whiskey trade in Colorado Springs. (Nov. 8, 1873)
``We are no believer in a severe and harsh treatment of the young. It actually injures the intellect and morals of children.'' -- The Gazette, in a story blaming abusive parents for turning children into juvenile delinquents. (May 8, 1875)
``We may add that we heartily commend the action of our self appointed committee because what they did was done justly, moderately and mercifully ... We may hope that his family is permanently rid of a burden and the city of a worthless loafer.'' -- The Gazette, on the vigilantes who whipped and banished a man who had publicly beaten his wife. (Oct. 11, 1878)
``I thought the Antlers Hotel fire was a good one; I enjoyed it.'' -- Herb Riley, who as a 6-year-old boy witnessed the 1898 fire that consumed Gen. William Jackson Palmer's prize hotel.