Editing Winfield Scott Stratton (section)

==Philanthropy==
[[File:Colorado Springs City Hall by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|[[Colorado Springs City Hall]]]]
He provided the land to build the [[Colorado Springs City Hall]], Mining Exchange building, and [[United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse-Colorado Springs Main|Post Office and Federal Courthouse]] in Colorado Springs.<ref name="PPLD bio" /> He donated the money for the construction of the El Paso County Courthouse, which is now the [[Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum|Pioneer Museum]].<ref name="Carpenter" /> He paid for the construction of the Independence Building, where he had an office.<ref name="Carpenter" />

[[File:Colorado Springs & Interurban Railroad car 1907 or 1908.jpg|thumb|left|[[Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway]] car, 1907 or 1908]]
He bought the streetcar system that became the [[Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway]] and spent $2 million improving it so that it had 36 miles of tracks and 56 cars. The line ended in the southwest park of Colorado Springs at [[Stratton Park (Colorado)|Stratton Park]], which Stratton donated to the city. The Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway became one of the best streetcar systems in the country.<ref name="Carpenter" />

The [[Colorado Springs Millionaires]] played at the city's first professional baseball stadium, which was built by Stratton. It was located at the corner of Cheyenne Boulevard and South Tejon.<ref name="Carpenter" /> He donated the money in his estate for the [[Myron Stratton Home]].<ref name="PPLD bio" />

{{blockquote|text=Mr. Stratton had done for this city and the Cripple Creek district very much what Mr. Tabor had earlier done for Denver. His wise and public-spirited use of the money have entitled him to a place in the public remembrance which will endure for many years.|author=Obituary for Stratton, ''The Evening Telegraph'', Colorado Springs, September 15, 1902<ref name="Marold" />}}

He gave money to prospectors or others in need<ref name="PPLD bio" /> and he paid for schooling for a teen who was a talented violinist and provided all the laundresses in the town with bicycles.<ref name="Carpenter" /> After the Cripple Creek fire of 1896, Stratton paid for food and shelter for many left homeless by the fire.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Karp |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDb8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |title=Brun Campbell: The Original Ragtime Kid |date=2016-03-24 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6345-6 |pages=51 |language=en}}</ref> He is said to have written a check for $5,000 to "Crazy Bob" Womack, the prospector who first discovered gold at Cripple, but was down on his luck.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Noel |first=Thomas J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Qn5CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 |title=Colorado: A Historical Atlas |date=2015-05-29 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-5353-7 |language=en}}</ref> He gave $20,000 to [[Horace A. W. Tabor]] when Tabor was broke.<ref name="PPLD bio" />