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Katherine Lee Bates came to Colorado College in the summer of 1893 to teach in a Summer Session program. |
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Katherine Lee Bates came to Colorado College in the summer of 1893 to teach in a Summer Session program. |
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After a two-day wagon trip to the top of Pike's Peak, Katherine Lee Bates composed the words to the patriotic song "America The Beautiful." |
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Katherine Lee Bates was a Professor of
English at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Photo: Tower, old building, Wellesley College. |
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After writing "America The Beautiful" in Colorado, Katherine Lee Bates returned to Wellesley College for the remainder of her teaching career. Photo: Tower, newer building, Wellesley College. |