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A8 The Beacon — April 1995An invention gave the Pring’s a Colorado Stakefrom page A7the family sold the property about a year before the Air Force Academy decided on Colorado Springs and missed the increased prices that came with it). Edward left home at about 13 to work as a ranch hand for a neighboring rancher. After proving himself and making an arrangement to run some of his own cattle with the rancher’s, Edward continued to build his herd and holdings, eventually buying over 30,000 acres in El Paso County.Edward raised many thoroughbred horses, a tradition carried on now by his grandson Jack Pring who raises them on the Pring Ranch, east of Powers Blvd. near Stetson Hills. During the Depression, Edward owned an English thoroughbred worth $32,000. The expensive horse was used as a stud, but became unruly after a while. Edward ordered the horse to be used as a regular working horse for cattle ranching. Apparently the cowhorse training served him well and after a few months he settled down enough to return to his former job (which I’m sure he appreciated a little more by then). The horse was eventually donated to a program which offered thoroughbred blood lines free toiv atrium.other ranches throughout Colorado in an effort to improve the general stock of horses.Another horse, Ranger, and his rider Ted Flinn, won a five day endurance race of 150 miles where each horse only received a small, measured, ration of food. Ranger actually gained weight during the race. The picture to the left shows Edward Pring with Ranger and Ted Flinn in front of the Broadmoor. They are holding the cup which is also pictured below as a lamp and now sits near Roy Pring’s desk in his 80918 home. Roy said his wife Charlotte told him that if he was going to keep it around, it had better be made into something useful.In the late twenties, Edward built a new home, complete with a carbide pellet gas system to provide lighting (there was still no electricity or gas way out here). It is the old farmhouse that is now the meeting place for the Old Farm community on Old Farm Circle. About 65 years ago Roy and the other kids used to play on the ‘mystery rock’ pictured in a separate article last month. Silo Ridge is named for the silo that sits near thecurrent barn which replaced one burned down.Roy’s family came into the area in 1876. A lady once called him to complain that he was allowing too many people to come into the area by selling off pieces of his land. He asked her how long she had lived here and she said about five years. He then asked her if she would rather he stopped the day before she arrived or the day after. Colorado Springs has almost doubled in population since 1970. Itis a great place to live, and almost everyone that has moved here has wanted the population growth to stop . . . the day after they got here. We all wish we could have been a part of the Colorado Springs heritagd like the Hartsocks and the Prings. We congratulate the small percentage of the population that was actually born and raised in our beautiful piece of the Rockies. The history of our area is rich with personal stories. Find a person who has lived here for 70 years or more and talk to them. You will both enjoy it.(This story was reprinted with permission from Ridge Line.)
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Colorado Springs Beacon
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sat, Apr 01, 1995
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Jeanette C.
NA, 25 Jun 2024
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