The Gazette & Colorado Springs
1940-1959
1941
U.S. enters World War II after Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
1942
Colorado Springs site of new army facility, Camp CarsonArmy Air Corps begins using Colorado Springs Airport
Airfield named Peterson Field after test pilot dies in crash.
1943
First German prisoners arrive at Camp Carson.
1945
World War II endsCold War begins.
1946
R.C. Hoiles, and his sons, Clarence and Harry, and daughter, Jana Hoiles Hardie, purchase The Gazette and The Evening Telegraph papers. Harry Hoiles in named publisher. Circulation reaches 18,000.
1947
An International Typographical Union strike halts publication for three days. The paper reappears as combined evening/Sunday Gazette Telegraph (morning edition dropped).ITU starts a morning paper, the Colorado Springs Free Press (later known as the Sun).
1950
Hoiles family founds the Freedom Newspaper chain.
Wind-whipped fire strikes Camp Carson, killing nine, destroying 92 buildings and causing 43.5 million in damage
Alexander Film Co. becomes largest advertising film company in the world.
Korean War begins.
1952
Ent Air Force Base commissioned at Union Blvd. and Boulder St.KKTV transmits first television broadcast in city.
U.S. explodes first hydrogen bomb.
1953
Korean War truce signed.
1954
Gazette Telegraph circulation hits 24,000.
City wins as site of new Air Force Academy
Camp Carson becomes Fort Carson.
McCarthy hearings begin.
1956
First Pikes Peak Marathon is run.
1957
The Gazette Telegraph moves from downtown to new location at 30 S. Prospect St.
NORAD established at Ent AFB
Colorado College wins second NCAA hockey championship.
Soviet Union orbits Sputnik.
1959
First Air Force Academy graduating class19-inch snow damages 100,000 trees and brings city to standstill.