Zoom: “Sanitarium City of the West:” The Tubercular Boom in Colorado Springs
Treating tuberculosis and related medical businesses became the major industry of the later 19th and early 20th centuries in Colorado Springs. It was the source of improving one's habits, wholesomeness, health care, “clean industry,” employment, and housing. This combination brought and/or influenced much of Colorado Springs' elite and artistic populations. In turn it also increased …
