Peter at the Garden of the Gods
In 1879, a man named Charles Elliot Perkins purchased the land surrounding of the Garden of the Gods. Perkin’s dream was that it would be forever free and open to the public. Perkins died before he could arrange this. But in 1909, his children made his wish come true, and today the land belongs to the city of Colorado Springs. Can you guess how much Perkins originally paid per acre of land?
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