the sanatorium era lasted from the late 1880's until after world war ii. an antibiotic was discovered to treat tuberculosis chemically. as opposed to the age-old method of fresh air, sunshine, and food. by the end of world war ii, this part of our history was coming to an end. what had been a major industry was going away. what we did was we attracted the military and today, colorado springs is affiliated with military, five major installations here in colorado springs. including the u.s. air force academy. that part of our history, this idea of colorado springs as a military town is simply an evolution for colorado springs as a health resort. c-span'sut where vehicles are going next. >> the berlin wall fell 25 years ago on november 9, 1989. we will revisit that historic day on sunday, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern with archival c-span video featuring george h.w. bush from the oval office, reaction from senate leaders bob dole and george mitchell, and speeches from presidential candidates in 1963 and reagan in 1987 that galvanized berliners and the free w

the sanatorium era lasted from the late 1880's until after world war ii. during world war ii, streptomycin was discovered to tuberculosis and treated chemically as opposed to fresh air and food. by the end of world war ii, this part of our history was coming to an end. what had been a major industry in the community was going away. what we did to recover from that was attracted the military and today, colorado springs is affiliated with military, five major installations here in colorado springs. including the u.s. air force academy. that part of our history, this idea of colorado springs as a military town is simply an evolution for colorado springs as a health resort. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] find out where c-span is going next online. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week, "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the sto

the sanatorium era lasted from roughly the late 1880's until after world war ii. during world war ii, streptomycin was discovered. that fought off tuberculosis and to cure tuberculosis chemically as opposed to the age-old method of fresh air and food. by world war ii, this part of her history was coming to an end. what had been our major industry in the community was going away. to recover from that is we attracted the military. so today, colorado springs is affiliated with the military with five major installation to colorado springs, including the u.s. air force academy. so that part of our history -- this idea of colorado springs as a military town -- is simply evolution from colorado springs the health resort. >> all weekend long, "american history tv" is featuring colorado springs, colorado.

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the sanatorium era in colorado springs lasted from the late 1880's until after world war ii. the late 1880s until after world war ii. world war ii, streptomiasin was discovered, an antibiotic that helped to fight ff tuberculosis and to kill tuberculosis chemically as opposed to the age old method of air, sunshine, and food. so by the end of world war ii, his part of our history was coming to an end. nd what had been our major industry in the community was going away. what we did to recover from that we attracted the military and so today colorado springs is affiliated with military with five major installations ere in colorado springs, including the u.s. air force academy. so that part of our history, idea of colorado springs as military town is simply an evolution from colorado springs as a health resort. weekend, out the american history tv is featuring colorado.p spring, our city tour staff recently travelled there to learn about its rich history. colorado about springs and other stops on c-span's city's tour. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. 1