| Canon City, Colorado is known for it's 6 Prisons; State | | | | intriguing, University of Kansas Geology Field Camp, is |
| and Federal, women's prison and juvenile. It is also | | | | also there. Originally the area had a coal mine too, |
| home to the First Colorado Territorial Prison. Pictured | | | | which was shut down many years ago.Even several |
| here. Most of the people work for the prison system | | | | John Wayne Movies were filmed in the Royal Gorge |
| and it is the main employer of the town. This helps the | | | | area, as well as many modern day movies at the old |
| local business community with high paying jobs. The | | | | prison, which is now a medium security prison and is in |
| small town has 7 new car dealerships and six used | | | | full use today. The Prison Museum is a must see and |
| dealerships. Canon City is surrounded by several other | | | | ranks up with Alcatraz Prison Museum and Folsom |
| smaller towns, which add quite a bit of people to the | | | | Prison Museum. also thought that Florence was an |
| area.The surrounding cities are Florence, Lincoln Park, | | | | excellent Market. Florence is located 9 miles east of |
| Royal Gorge, Brookside, Williamsburg, Rockvale, and | | | | Canon City and has potential for industrial and |
| Penrose. It is only 21 miles from West Pueblo. The | | | | commercial locations. They have adequate water, |
| large prison population do not have cars we can wash | | | | up-to-date planning and zoning regulations, superb |
| but all those guards do. And they work all kinds of | | | | small-town atmosphere and a wonderful year-round |
| different hours so there could be a 24 Hour Business | | | | climate. They have a lot of new homes to attract |
| there no problem. With nearly 28,000 total area | | | | residents to their 4,500 plus population, There are |
| residents this makes for a pretty good area to own a | | | | several industrial sites available in Florence. The areas |
| small business. Real Estate values have constantly | | | | Chamber of Commerce is also very active. you are |
| climbed as well and so has the prison population over | | | | looking for a place to run a business in Colorado you |
| the years. Since the Geology of the area is so | | | | might take a look at Canon City, nice place indeed. |