General William Jackson Palmer 1836-1909

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General William Jackson Palmer 1836-1909 Photo courtesy Special Collections, PPLD General Palmer was born in Delaware in In 1870, Palmer decided to build his 1836 and raised in Philadelphia as a Quaker. own railroad from Denver to Mexico. He called his railroad company the At 17, he worked for a Pennsylvania railroad; later, he studied railroads and other industries Denver-Rio Grande in Europe. He married Mary Lincoln “Queen” Mel- len in 1870 and brought her to Foun- At 25, Palmer led a volunteer cavalry regiment which fought successfully tain Colony (Colorado Springs). He built throughout the Civil War. By the end Glen Eyrie for Queen and his three of the war he was a General and a daughters. Medal of Honor recipient. Colorado Springs, nicknamed “Little Lon- don”, was founded in 1871. After the war, Palmer led a survey team for the Kansas Pacific Railroad from The Denver-Rio Grande ended up going Kansas to San Francisco. west to Durango instead of south to the Rio Grande River as Palmer had In 1869, while in charge of the con- struction of the Kansas Pacific Railroad planned. into Denver, Palmer traveled south and Palmer died in 1909, two years after he found a beautiful area at the foot of broke his neck in a horseback riding acci- Pikes Peak to live. dent at Glen Eyrie. Great Resources on General Palmer Ayer, Eleanor. Colorado Chronicles : Famous Colorado Men. Frederick, CO: Jende-Hagen Bookcorp, c1980, pp. 15-17. Black, Celeste. Queen of Glen Eyrie. Colorado Springs, BlackBear Publishing, c1999. Lohse, Joyce B. General William Palmer : Railroad Pioneer. Palmer Lake, CO : Filter, c2009. Sprague, Marshall. One Hundred Plus : a Centennial Story of Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs : Colorado Springs Centennial, Inc., c1971, pp. 1-8. .

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