| Canon City, Colorado is known for it's 6 Prisons; | | | | of Kansas Geology Field Camp, is also there. |
| State and Federal, women's prison and juvenile. It | | | | Originally the area had a coal mine too, which was |
| is also home to the First Colorado Territorial | | | | shut down many years ago.Even several John |
| Prison. Pictured here. Most of the people work for | | | | Wayne Movies were filmed in the Royal Gorge |
| the prison system and it is the main employer of | | | | area, as well as many modern day movies at the |
| the town. This helps the local business community | | | | old prison, which is now a medium security prison |
| with high paying jobs. The small town has 7 new | | | | and is in full use today. The Prison Museum is a |
| car dealerships and six used dealerships. Canon | | | | must see and ranks up with Alcatraz Prison |
| City is surrounded by several other smaller towns, | | | | Museum and Folsom Prison Museum. also thought |
| which add quite a bit of people to the area.The | | | | that Florence was an excellent Market. Florence is |
| surrounding cities are Florence, Lincoln Park, Royal | | | | located 9 miles east of Canon City and has |
| Gorge, Brookside, Williamsburg, Rockvale, and | | | | potential for industrial and commercial locations. |
| Penrose. It is only 21 miles from West Pueblo. The | | | | They have adequate water, up-to-date planning |
| large prison population do not have cars we can | | | | and zoning regulations, superb small-town |
| wash but all those guards do. And they work all | | | | atmosphere and a wonderful year-round climate. |
| kinds of different hours so there could be a 24 | | | | They have a lot of new homes to attract |
| Hour Business there no problem. With nearly | | | | residents to their 4,500 plus population, There are |
| 28,000 total area residents this makes for a | | | | several industrial sites available in Florence. The |
| pretty good area to own a small business. Real | | | | areas Chamber of Commerce is also very active. |
| Estate values have constantly climbed as well and | | | | you are looking for a place to run a business in |
| so has the prison population over the years. Since | | | | Colorado you might take a look at Canon City, |
| the Geology of the area is so intriguing, University | | | | nice place indeed. |