Acacia Park

In the 1950's, the bushes in Acacia Park were a cruising spot for the Colorado Springs gay community. [1]

Donaciano Martinez on cruising in Acacia Park

And so we go there, and my gosh, the crowd just kept growing and growing, you know, even though it was a very secretive underground, there were more and more people showing up."

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References

  1. Donaciano Martinez. “Interview with Donaciano Martinez Part 1.” Interview by David Duffield. [Denver Public Library], 25 Apr. 2012, https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/fbafc5a2a303d919a8600c5ace7c05b5.WMA. ↩︎ ↩︎