[4] The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore Street and North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs.
[5] The town of Roswell, built 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Colorado Springs in 1889,[6] was named for a man from New York, Governor Roswell P. Flower,[7] who felt that Colorado Springs' climate was only second to Saranac, New York for its curative benefits for tuberculosis patients.
[16] Its streets included: Brewster, Cable, Elm (a northern city boundary), Holly, Laurel, Low, Myrtle, Parker, Poplar, Rock Island, Roswell, Sage, and part of Cedar.
[13] That year, the 26.04-acre (10.54 ha) Roswell Park had an equestrian race track[1][c] and a ballpark.
[18] According to the 1910 United States Federal census, there were 426 residents in Roswell (El Paso County precinct 22).