Ivywild, Colorado
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| Coordinates: 38°48′38″N 104°50′07″W / 38.81056°N 104.83528°WCoordinates: 38°48′38″N 104°50′07″W / 38.81056°N 104.83528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Municipality | Colorado Springs |
| Founded by | William B. Jenkins |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Zip code | 80905 |
| Area code(s) | 719 |
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| William B. Jenkins (1848-1917) |
Anne Maria Iles Jenkins (1861-1940) |
 Images of Colonel John H. Bacon's Ivywild property (1890-1900), Denver Public Library |
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Colorado Midland Railway engine and cars through Ivywild, Pikes Peak Library District |
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Ivywild after the May 1935 flood, Pikes Peak Library District |
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South entrance to Colorado Springs, Ivywild sign in lower left (1965), Pikes Peak Library District |
Ivywild, Colorado, is a subdivision of Colorado Springs south of the downtown, west of Cascade Avenue and along Cheyenne Creek. It is one of the city's oldest working-class neighborhoods.
Before Europeans settled in the area, Cheyenne set up tepees at the confluence of the Fountain and Cheyenne Creeks when they traveled through the area. About 1859, Irving Howbert and his family settled near the creeks. The following year, John Wolfe settled along Cheyenne Creek. The area was called Ivywild by 1879.
Ivywild was established in 1888 and platted by William B. Jenkins, a rancher and miner, who created 43 lots when he subdivided his ranch. His wife Annie named the town. She was a large stockholder of Ramona Mining Company. Her father, William Iles, was the owner of Manitou Springs first hotel, La Font. Ivywild had a post office by January 1892.
The Ivywild Improvement Society held annual meetings by 1898, when they discussed the high water rates and taxes. The organization filed suits in 1917 regarding public utility service to the community.Dorchester Park was named for Joseph Dorchester, a water rights attorney, who established water rights for Cheyenne Canon and Ivywild. The Iowa native operated a hay farm after having settled in the area in 1874. The park is located across the creek from the site of Dorchester's farm.
John H. Bacon, a mayor of Colorado Springs in 1880, lived in Ivywild by 1900.
The Ivywild Elementary School was founded in 1901 with two bungalow buildings until 1916 when a brick building was constructed. The two bungalows were moved, one became the Edelweiss Restaurant and the other the Ivywild Presbyterian Church.
In 1902, Winfield Scott Stratton (1848-1902) and Thomas Burns purchased 10 acres along Cheyenne Boulevard from William B. Jenkins for $16,000 (equivalent to $442,892 in 2016). The equal partners purchased the land for the construction of baseball park called Boulevard Park, which was completed following Stratton's death. Boulevard Park was on the Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway's electric trolley route. The Colorado Springs Millionaires baseball team played at the park, often known as Base Ball Park, that sat 3,500 people. The park, about 5 minutes on the trolley from the center of town, was just west of Jenkins Pond (now Tejon Street and Cheyenne Boulevard).
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