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Activities/Attractions
-Celestial Seasonings Tours
-Coors Brewery Tours
-Hot
Air Balloning
-Olympic Training Center
-Pikes Peak
-River Rafting
-Seven Falls
-Gambling
--Casinos
--Dog Racing
--Horse Racing
Arts & Theater
-Chataqua Park
-Flying W Ranch
-Mayor's Office of Arts, Culture, & Film
-Sangre De Cristo Arts & Conference Center
Colorado Museums
-Astor House Museum
-Black American West Museum
-Byers-Evans House Museum
-El Pueblo Museum
-Golden Pioneer Museum
-Healy House Museum
-National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
-Natural History Museum
-Territorial Prison Museum
-Trinidad Museum
-Ute Indian Museum
Colorado Historic Sites
-Anasazi Cliff Dwellings
-Buffalo Bill's Grave
-Fourmile Park
-Fort Garland
-Georgetown Railroad
-Mollie Kathleen Goldmine
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The territorial prison in Canon City opened its doors for business
in 1871. The institution has witnessed 77 executions, had riots
bring the city into a national spotlight and housed famous criminals
such as Alfred Packer (the only man convicted of cannibalism).
Exhibits include the actual hangman's noose of the last man executed
by hanging in Colorado, confiscated inmate weapons and contriban,
the gas chamber, historic photographs depicting life behind bars
and a Federal Bureau of Poisons display.
The prison museum preserves and presents the history and evolution
of western prisons.
For more information call. (719) 269-3015.

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