{"id":4381,"date":"2024-10-12T02:29:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T02:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/lore\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2024-10-12T02:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T02:29:09","slug":"stratton-spring-manitou-springs-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/lore\/stratton-spring-manitou-springs-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratton Spring (Manitou Springs, CO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stratton Spring<\/b>
Manitou Springs, Colorado<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n

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From the deep fissures of the Ute Pass Fault, where the rainwater and snowmelt of Pikes Peak meet and become heated and mineralized in the deep limestone caverns where they take thousands of years to make their way to the surface absorbing numerous minerals and nutrients as well as natural carbonation. Stratton Spring was a drilled source by the Stratton Foundation to serve the town where they felt it was located along earlier Native American trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Stratton Spring was drilled in 1936 by the Myron Stratton Foundation., The soda-type spring has a controlled flow of two gallons per minute and is drilled to a depth of 167 feet. This site was the junction of early Indian trails and several major mineral springs. Later it became the major access to the Mount Manitou Incline and the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and was the loop were Stratton’s Trolley Line reversed to return to Colorado Springs. Winfield Scott Stratton was a carpenter and a building contractor in Colorado Springs. He tried his hand at prospecting and became the first millionaire from the Cripple Creek Gold Strike. Stratton died in 1902 and bequethed his fortune to the care of the county’s needy children and elderly. The Myron Stratton Foundation, named in honor of Winfield’s father, still continues to serve the public. Stratton Spring was restored in 1989 by a grant from the EL POMAR Foundation and volunteer assistance from citizens of Colorado. “<\/sub><\/p>\n ~ sign outside the Spring. September 6, 2012: Manitou Springs, Colorado.<\/sub><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Mountain Ute would come through this pass alongside many other tribes to pay homage and be treated by the magical waters they believe were blessed by the\u00a0Great Spirit Manitou.<\/a>\u00a0In the late 1880s, developers and Westerners pushed the tribes out of the valley. They began commercializing the<\/span> healing waters with spas, bathhouses, and other commercial ventures, such as bottled water companies. This spring, one of 10 within Manitou Springs, was believed to have healing properties to treat TB and other illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This spring flows two gallons a minute of naturally carbonated soda-type spring water. The well was drilled to a depth of 167 feet. This Spring being drilled has little folklore besides its more modern healing attributes. It was drilled by Winfield Scott Stratton, a local carpenter and building contractor who lived in the area after trying his hand at prospecting during the Cripple Creek Gold Strike, which led him to become the first millionaire from that Gold Rush. He died in 1902 and willed his fortune to care for the county’s elderly and needy children through the Myron Stratton Foundation. The Spring was restored in 1989 through an EL POMAR Foundation grant and various volunteers and donors from the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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<\/i>Stratton Spring, Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Springs of Manitou:<\/strong>
https:\/\/wells.naiads.org\/the-magic-and-minerals-of-manitou-springs\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n