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