[2] The summit also lends its name to a principal arterial road of the Colorado Springs area which traverses the southern and central sections of the corridor.

[3] Due to its rock formations, the United States Forest Service has deemed the open space as unique in the National Feature Inventory.

[4][5][a] In the 1870s, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway operated a railroad line along Monument Creek and what is now the western edge of the campus.

[4] Matt France sold the prairie land and bluffs that he owned northeast of Colorado Springs in 1873 to Henry Austin.

[6] Out West reported on November 7, 1872, that Mr. Austin of Chicago had purchased 5,200 acres [2,100 ha] of land on the northeastern boundary of the newly formed Colorado Springs.

[10][c] In 1890, plans to make Austin Bluffs were underway: the area had its own water system, had laid out the lots for residential housing, and was added to Colorado Springs trolley service.

Located at Austin Bluff, patients lodged in tents, were exposed to fresh air, had limited physical activity, and ate well.