Memories and Milestones: Reflecting on My Time at Bates Elementary School
Steven Veatch (noreply@blogger.com)
By Steven Wade Veatch My elementary school opened in 1957, three years after I was born, with over 600 students attending. With a magnificent view of Pikes Peak from its front yard, the grade school was named for Katharine Lee Bates, the famous author of America the Beautiful. Bates Elementary School remained open for 56 years, a pillar in the Cragmoor subdivision of Colorado Springs. Figure 1. A sandstone sign marks the location of Bates Elementary school. Photo date 3/2015, by S. W. Veatch. I