Security-Widefield is located to the north of Fountain. Homes in this area tend to be older, 1950’s and later. There is some new building going on, but most of the homes are in established areas. The total population for Security-Widefield is around 30,000. Security was named to make prospective residents feel safe. Many of the residents work at Fort Carson Army Base, Peterson Air Force Base, or Schriever Air Force Base. School is district 3.
History
As communities, these towns are relative latecomers, established on former ranch land near Fort Carson. Robert M. and Robert K. Willis, Leon Snyder and E.W. Hayes formed the Security Development Co. in 1954 and built 65 homes on the former F & M Jersey Ranch. Local legend says the first two streets were named Easy Street and Security Boulevard after Robert M. Willis’ wife said it would be wonderful to live on Easy Street in Security.
A stage stop and fort, built in 1860, stood on a site 2 miles north of Fountain that a century later became known as Widefield. Settlers from the surrounding farms and ranches went to the fort for protection from the Indians, although the fort was never attacked. Widefield, named after one of the original school districts organized in 1874, was developed in the 1960’s by Jules Watson, a former commercial pilot.
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