Cheyenne Spring is one of Manitou’s naturally carbonated artesian soda springs. During the 1870′s it was a part of the then-larger Soda Springs Park which encompassed Navajo, Cheyenne, Shoshone and Manitou Springs. The existing spring-house was built over the Cheyenne Spring by the Manitou Mineral Water Company in the 1890′s. The red-orange colored Lyons sandstone was likely sourced nearby from the Kenmuir Quarry, now Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Other expressions of the Lyons sandstone can be found in Garden of the Gods Park, northeast of Manitou Springs. Inside the spring-house, notice a copper-clad carbon dioxide gas collector located in the center of the spring cistern. The Manitou Mineral Water Company captured the natural carbon dioxide gas emitting from Cheyenne, Navajo, and Shoshone springs and re-inserted it during the bottling process to produce the ever popular sparkling “Manitou Table Water”. Click on the images below to learn more.
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About the Font Artist:
The Cheyenne Spring cast bronze font was designed and fabricated by sculpture artist Paul Rogers. Mr. Rogers holds a BFA degree from the University of Oklahoma, with minors in Design, Sculpture and Art Education. He also studied Design and Sculpture at San Francisco Art Institute, City College of San Francisco and did post graduate studies in Ceramic Design at Redlands College. Manitou Springs is proud to have Paul Rogers work exhibited locally at the Commonwheel Artist Co-op Gallery located on Canon Avenue -
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