Westside word find

Ten words hide across, down and on the slant. Circle them.

W E S T S I D E W E S T
A R T A C R E E K M F T
O R R V E A L I N A J U
P A N E U A R Y S N I N
G I N N U P B A T I W N
M E K U S T A S I T D E
I E W E H E N G R O E L
D W I T S H C A A U L D
L O T C O M R R O R C A
A L L U S S O D E E Y O
N U T H U R F E L K S D
D A Y M O R T N N I N G

ELK · CREEK · AVENUE · MIDLAND · TUNNEL · BANCROFT · MANITOU · GARDEN · WESTSIDE · PIKES

Found all ten? The letters you did not circle, read left to right and top to bottom, say something. Check it at westsidewherewithal.com/check.

Westside five

Circle one answer each. The key is at the bottom, upside down.

1. The easy one: what pulled John O'Byrne's tourist carriage down this avenue in 1888? Two camels, two elk, or two goats?
2. In 1903 the Teller County sheriff chained a Pullman sleeping car to a siding in Cripple Creek over unpaid taxes of: $66.32, $663.21, or $6,632.10?
3. Just after midnight on September 9, the top of the Colorado City Glass Works furnace collapsed and fiery glass poured out. 1872, 1892, or 1912?
4. The Golden Flake potato chip factory on the avenue is now part of: the Goodwill, the library, or a brewery?
5. Before it was a park, Bancroft Park held a: fire station, a school, or a jail?

All five from Mel McFarland's Cobweb Corners columns in the Westside Pioneer, indexed at westsidewherewithal.com/cobweb. Text your score, or five questions of your own, to 719-201-5462.

1. Two elk · 2. $663.21 · 3. 1892 · 4. Goodwill · 5. School

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