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24,000-Arce Colorado Springs, Colo., Ranch Poised for Development.

By Rich Laden, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 4--The Banning-Lewis Ranch is a sprawling, mostly undisturbed prairie on Colorado Springs' far east side, property that's so frozen in time you'd expect Zebulon Pike to come riding over one of its gently rolling hills as he explores the Front Range.

In 1988, Colorado Springs annexed the land, which now makes up the eastern one-third of the city. Motorists on U.S. Highway 24 passing through the heart of the roughly 24,000-acre ranch probably think they're in unin

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