Editing Cañon City, Colorado (section)

==Economy==
The area being situated along the Arkansas River has allowed for soil suitable to orchards, ranching, and farming, but has largely grown to rely on the large number of state and federal prisons in the area, as well as to tourism, education, manufacturing, medicine and many other sectors.

===Major employers===
Cañon City depends on the [[Colorado Department of Corrections]] and federal prison system, and its tourism industry which includes the [[Royal Gorge Route Railroad]], [[Royal Gorge Bridge]] and Park, Red Canyon Park, The Abbey winery, and various other attractions. The major local employers include downtown shops, the entrepreneurial TechSTART initiative that attracts major technology-based entrepreneurs, and Centura Health (owner of [[Saint Thomas More Hospital|St. Thomas More Hospital]] and the Progressive Care Center).

====Prisons====
Prisons have served an important significance to both Cañon City and the surrounding areas of [[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont County]], as well as to the state of [[Colorado]]. The [[Museum of Colorado Prisons]] has been given the role of preserving and presenting the past of the state's corrections system. [[Colorado Department of Corrections]] operates the [[Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility]] in Cañon City.<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/ctcf-colorado-territorial-correctional-facility Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809111417/http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/ctcf-colorado-territorial-correctional-facility |date=2014-08-09 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "125 West US 50 Canon City, CO, 81215."</ref><!--38.435976,-105.247715--> In addition to several correctional facilities near Cañon City in [[unincorporated area]]s in [[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont County]],<!--Summary of locations of individual prisons--> [[Colorado State Penitentiary]], the location of the state death row and execution chamber<ref name="ColoradoDR">"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/death-row-faq Death Row FAQ]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140804073048/http://www.doc.state.co.us/death-row-faq Archive]) [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.</ref> is in Fremont County.<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/csp-colorado-state-penitentiary Colorado State Penitentiary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804135110/http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/csp-colorado-state-penitentiary |date=2014-08-04 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "E US Highway 50 Evans Blvd Cañon City, CO, 81215"</ref> Other state prisons in Fremont County include Arrowhead Correctional Center,<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/node/11 Arrowhead Correctional Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120801152917/http://www.doc.state.co.us/node/11 |date=2012-08-01 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "E US Highway 50 Evans Blvd Cañon City, CO, 81215"</ref> [[Centennial Correctional Facility]],<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/ccf-centennial-correctional-facility Centennial Correctional Facility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804032135/http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/ccf-centennial-correctional-facility |date=2014-08-04 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "E US Highway 50 Evans Blvd Cañon City, CO, 81215"</ref> [[Fremont Correctional Facility]],<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/fcf-fremont-correctional-facility Fremont Correctional Facility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804044707/http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/fcf-fremont-correctional-facility |date=2014-08-04 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "E US Highway 50 Evans Blvd Cañon City, CO, 81215"</ref> Four Mile Correctional Center,<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/fmcc-four-mile-correctional-center Four Mile Correctional Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804143942/http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/fmcc-four-mile-correctional-center |date=2014-08-04 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "E US Highway 50 Evans Blvd Cañon City, CO, 81215"</ref> [[ADX Florence]],
and Skyline Correctional Center.<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/scc-skyline-correctional-center Skyline Correctional Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804060201/http://www.doc.state.co.us/facility/scc-skyline-correctional-center |date=2014-08-04 }}." [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "E US Highway 50 & Evans Blvd Cañon City, CO, 81215"</ref>

On October 3, 1929, a riot at the prison claimed 13 lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2013/10/28/1929-colorado-state-penitentiary-riot/8856/|title=1929 Colorado State Penitentiary riot|website=The Archive}}</ref>

The Colorado Women's Correctional Facility near Cañon City in unincorporated Fremont County was decommissioned on June 4, 2009.<ref>Mitchell, Kirk. "[http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12515121 Cañon City women's prison closes today]." ''[[The Denver Post]]''. June 4, 2009. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/GEDtestingcenterscity.htm GDE Testing Centers by City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420040212/http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/GEDtestingcenterscity.htm |date=2010-04-20 }}." [[Colorado Department of Education]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Colorado Women's Correctional Facility
3800 Grandview Ave. | Canon City, CO 81215."</ref>

====Tourism====
From Cañon City's [[Cañon City Downtown Historic District|Downtown Historic District]] located in the heart of the city to the [[Royal Gorge Bridge]], there are many places to see and visit in the area. {{citation needed|date=June 2016}}