Historical Marker
Nikola Tesla
Historical marker location:
Colorado Springs, Colorado
( Marker is on Pikes Peak Avenue east of Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017
Tesla Experimental Station Colorado Springs.
In 1913, the city of Trinidad, Colorado, became the site of the first successful oil well-drilled west of the Mississippi River. The discovery led to a boom in oil production in the region, and Colorado became a major oil-producing state.