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EDITOR'S NOTE
``In the first place, we hope to publish a paper which will be interesting and acceptable, as a Local Chronicle and as a Journal of General Information, to all who have made their homes out West. ...To the Miner, the Farmer, the Ranche-man, the Colonist, to Employers and Workmen, to Old and Young, in short, to all who go to make up Society here, we shall from time to time have some thing to say, which may be of interest and of service...''
Editor J.E. Liller wrote those introductory words 125 years ago in the first edition of Out West, the Colorado Springs newspaper that became The Gazette. And in many ways, they remain a standard by which we judge ourselves. That said, please understand that today's special anniversary section is not meant to be a comprehensive history of the city or the paper. Instead, we've chosen samples -- some monumental, some mundane -- from our past that we hope you find ``of interest and of service.'' Please join in our celebration -- and thanks for making it all possible.
-- Steven A. Smith