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===Places named after Stratton=== *The town of [[Stratton, Colorado]], on the state's eastern plains. *[[Stratton Park (Colorado)|Stratton Park]], Colorado Springs. *Stratton Hall at [[Colorado School of Mines]], completed in 1904, was named after Stratton, who gave the school its first philanthropic gift of $25,000. He had been appointed as a CSM trustee in 1899 and was elected president of the board in 1901.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alumnifriends.mines.edu/valued_supporters/giving_societies/default.htm |title=Giving Societies |access-date=2007-02-21 |publisher=Colorado School of Mines}}</ref> * [[Manitou Mineral Springs|Stratton Spring]]; a mineral spring drilled to a depth of 283 feet completed February 21, 1936 at the loop where the trolleys turned around at 955 Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs, Colorado. *Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office in Colorado Springs; named by an act of Congress in 1995; Stratton had sold the land the post office was built on to the federal government at a fraction of its value with the understanding that it would be used for the post office. *Stratton Elementary School in Colorado Springs. *Three connected streets in Colorado Springs, named Winfield, Scott, and Stratton streets.
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