Royal Gorge
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Royal Gorge. Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Explored by Capt. Zebulon M. Pike in 1806; by Maj. Stephen H. Long in 1820. Visited by gold prospectors in 1858. Canon City founded in 1859. The "Royal Gorge War" of 1878 between the Santa Fe and Rio Grande opened a rail gateway to the Rockies, inaugurating Colorado's "Golden Decade"
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