| Canon City, Colorado is known for it's 6 Prisons; | | | | Kansas Geology Field Camp, is also there. Originally |
| State and Federal, women's prison and juvenile. It is | | | | the area had a coal mine too, which was shut down |
| also home to the First Colorado Territorial Prison. | | | | many years ago.Even several John Wayne Movies |
| Pictured here. Most of the people work for the prison | | | | were filmed in the Royal Gorge area, as well as many |
| system and it is the main employer of the town. This | | | | modern day movies at the old prison, which is now a |
| helps the local business community with high paying | | | | medium security prison and is in full use today. The |
| jobs. The small town has 7 new car dealerships and | | | | Prison Museum is a must see and ranks up with |
| six used dealerships. Canon City is surrounded by | | | | Alcatraz Prison Museum and Folsom Prison Museum. |
| several other smaller towns, which add quite a bit of | | | | also thought that Florence was an excellent Market. |
| people to the area.The surrounding cities are | | | | Florence is located 9 miles east of Canon City and |
| Florence, Lincoln Park, Royal Gorge, Brookside, | | | | has potential for industrial and commercial locations. |
| Williamsburg, Rockvale, and Penrose. It is only 21 | | | | They have adequate water, up-to-date planning and |
| miles from West Pueblo. The large prison population | | | | zoning regulations, superb small-town atmosphere and |
| do not have cars we can wash but all those guards | | | | a wonderful year-round climate. They have a lot of |
| do. And they work all kinds of different hours so | | | | new homes to attract residents to their 4,500 plus |
| there could be a 24 Hour Business there no problem. | | | | population, There are several industrial sites available |
| With nearly 28,000 total area residents this makes | | | | in Florence. The areas Chamber of Commerce is also |
| for a pretty good area to own a small business. Real | | | | very active. you are looking for a place to run a |
| Estate values have constantly climbed as well and so | | | | business in Colorado you might take a look at Canon |
| has the prison population over the years. Since the | | | | City, nice place indeed. |
| Geology of the area is so intriguing, University of | | | | |