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Canon City| City in south-central Colorado, USA, on the Arkansas River at the east end of the Royal Gorge, 55 km/34 mi northwest of Pueblo; seat of Fremont County; population (2000) 15,400. Its economy is largely based on livestock, agriculture, mining (oil, coal, marble, and other stone), and tourism. |
| Settled in 1859, it was an early distributing centre for local gold mines. The railroad arrived in 1874 and Canon City became a shipping hub for agricultural products, livestock, and minerals, and, later, made bricks, concrete, tools, conveyors, and ore concentrates. |
| The state penitentiary is on its outskirts, and the Colorado Territorial Prison Museum and Park is in the city. |
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