<P> Glenwood Springs is best known as a historic destination for vacationers with diverse natural amenities, most particularly hot springs, but gentrification and development have introduced modern cultural, dining, and recreational activities as well . It is also home to two of the campuses and the administrative offices of the Colorado Mountain College system . </P> <P> Glenwood Springs in 2015 was named the "Most Vibrant Small Town Arts Environment in the United States" by Southern Methodist University and the 5th Best Place to Live in America by Outside magazine . It was named the "Most Fun Town in America" by Rand McNally and USA Today in 2011 . </P> <P> Glenwood Springs was originally known as "Defiance", a name sometimes still used by local teams or businesses . Defiance was established in 1883, a camp of tents, saloons, and brothels with an increasing amount of cabins and lodging establishments . It was populated with the expected crowd of gamblers, gunslingers, and prostitutes . Town Founder Isaac Cooper's wife Sarah was having a hard time adjusting to the frontier life and, in an attempt to make her environment somewhat more comfortable, persuaded the founders to change the name to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after her beloved hometown of Glenwood, Iowa . </P> <P> The location of Glenwood Springs, as well as gaining a stop on the railroad, rapidly made it a center of commerce in the area . The city has seen famous visitors, including President Teddy Roosevelt, who spent an entire summer vacation living out of the historic Hotel Colorado . Doc Holliday, a wild west legend from the O.K. Corral gunfight, spent the final months of his life in Glenwood Springs and is buried in the town's original Pioneer Cemetery above Bennett Avenue . Kid Curry is buried in the same location . Infamous serial killer Ted Bundy was imprisoned in the Glenwood Springs jail until he escaped on the night of December 30, 1977, an escape which went undetected for 17 hours . </P>

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