title: United States Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory
Ruxton Park
Iowa Highway 340
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak (Missouri)
Old Colorado City Branch Carnegie Library
Pikes Peak Ringers
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Norris-Penrose Event Center
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region
sentences: The U.S. Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory, or simply the “Pikes Peak Lab”, is a modern medical research laboratory for the assessment of the impact of high altitude on human physiological and medical parameters of military interest.
 It is a satellite facility of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), located in Natick, Massachusetts.
Ruxton Park is a park in Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado at 9078 ft in elevation.
 The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, which departs from the depot at 6,570 ft in elevation, climbs into Englemann Canyon along Ruxton Creek.
 It passes by the site of the Halfway Hotel and then Ruxton Park at mile marker 3 on the 8.9 mile trip to Pikes Peak summit.
Iowa Highway 340 (Iowa 340) connected U.S. Highway 18 Business (US 18 Bus.)
 in McGregor to Pikes Peak State Park.
 It was designated in 1936 to connect Pikes Peak State Park to the primary highway system, which it did until it was turned over to Clayton County in 2003.
 It was turned over along with 700 miles of other short highways that primarily served local traffic.
 It was mostly replaced by County Road X56.
 Aside from a short connector to the state park gate, the route was a part of the Great River Road.
Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America.
 The ultra-prominent 4302.31 m fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 19.3 km west by south (bearing 263°) of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit.
 The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.
Pikes Peak is a summit in Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
 With an elevation of 722 ft , Pikes Peak is the 510th highest summit in the state of Missouri.
The Old Colorado City Library is a currently operating branch library of the Pikes Peak Library District.
 It is housed in a 1904 Carnegie Library that has been in continuous service as a library since opening December 7, 1904.
 The library is located at 2418 West Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80904, in the historic district of Old Colorado City.
 Current hours of operation, policies, and programming can be found through the Pikes Peak Library District website.
The Pikes Peak Ringers is a community handbell choir based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 The group was established in 1991 by its director, Kevin McChesney, to provide an outlet for advanced ringers and to create performances that showcase the instrument of handbells with the highest quality presentation and musicianship.
 The group has performed a variety of styles of music – classical, traditional, pop, jazz, new age, contemporary and original – and has developed a unique and influential style of visual as well as musical presentation.
 In addition to performances throughout the state of Colorado and the western United States, the Pikes Peak Ringers have been the featured group at several national handbell choir events, have been involved with publishers in providing promotional recordings of new releases, and have recorded five studio CDs and produced two performance DVDs.
The city of Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
 The town was founded for its scenic setting and natural mineral springs.
 The downtown area continues to be of interest to travelers, particularly in the summer, as the downtown area consists of many one-story, adjoining, small shops, restaurants, and pubs, as well as a creekside city park with a children's playground made from unusual materials.
 Among other services, shops cater to tourist interests such as clothing, candy, souvenirs, and outdoor recreation.
 The main road through the center of town was one of the direct paths to the base of Pikes Peak.
 Barr Trail, which winds its way up Pikes Peak, is easily accessible from town.
 The subdivision Crystal Hills was added to the municipality in the 1960s.
The Norris-Penrose Event Center is a multi-purpose facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, located at the base of Pikes Peak.
 It is home to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo.
 It consists of an outdoor stadium, built in 1938 by Spencer Penrose, rancher and capitalist Jasper Ackerman, and mining partner Charles Leaming Tutt.
 The stadium was named after Penrose following his death.
 The stadium seats up to 10,000 spectators and hosted a football game between the Los Angeles Bulldogs and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
 With five horse barns, an indoor arena built in 1986, and seating up to 500 spectators, the stadium was home to the Colorado Candoos of the National Indoor Football League.
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR) is a certified nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado and serving El Paso and Teller counties.
 In February 2014, Andy Vick replaced Christina McGrath as COPPeR's executive director.
 COPPeR receives funding from the city of Colorado Springs and from various grants.
 It acts as an umbrella artistic service, "the lead entity for centralizing and coordinating information about cultural services in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado."
 COPPeR conceptualizes itself as an adhesive that unifies the greater arts community to make arts and culture more dynamic and powerful than any one organization.
 COPPeR invites and engages residents and visitors to draw them into the local arts scene; it advocates for all of the arts; and it builds the cultural community to create a regional brand.

Question: Question: What state is Ruxton Park and Pikes Peak located in? 

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 The U.S. Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory, or simply the “Pikes Peak Lab”, is a modern medical research laboratory for the assessment of the impact of high altitude on human physiological and medical parameters of military interest.
 It is a satellite facility of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), located in Natick, Massachusetts. 

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 Ruxton Park is a park in Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado at 9078 ft in elevation.
 The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, which departs from the depot at 6,570 ft in elevation, climbs into Englemann Canyon along Ruxton Creek.
 It passes by the site of the Halfway Hotel and then Ruxton Park at mile marker 3 on the 8.9 mile trip to Pikes Peak summit. 

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 Iowa Highway 340 (Iowa 340) connected U.S. Highway 18 Business (US 18 Bus.)
 in McGregor to Pikes Peak State Park.
 It was designated in 1936 to connect Pikes Peak State Park to the primary highway system, which it did until it was turned over to Clayton County in 2003.
 It was turned over along with 700 miles of other short highways that primarily served local traffic.
 It was mostly replaced by County Road X56.
 Aside from a short connector to the state park gate, the route was a part of the Great River Road. 

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 Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America.
 The ultra-prominent 4302.31 m fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 19.3 km west by south (bearing 263°) of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit.
 The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. 

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 The Old Colorado City Library is a currently operating branch library of the Pikes Peak Library District.
 It is housed in a 1904 Carnegie Library that has been in continuous service as a library since opening December 7, 1904.
 The library is located at 2418 West Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80904, in the historic district of Old Colorado City.
 Current hours of operation, policies, and programming can be found through the Pikes Peak Library District website. 

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 The Pikes Peak Ringers is a community handbell choir based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 The group was established in 1991 by its director, Kevin McChesney, to provide an outlet for advanced ringers and to create performances that showcase the instrument of handbells with the highest quality presentation and musicianship.
 The group has performed a variety of styles of music – classical, traditional, pop, jazz, new age, contemporary and original – and has developed a unique and influential style of visual as well as musical presentation.
 In addition to performances throughout the state of Colorado and the western United States, the Pikes Peak Ringers have been the featured group at several national handbell choir events, have been involved with publishers in providing promotional recordings of new releases, and have recorded five studio CDs and produced two performance DVDs. 

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 The city of Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
 The town was founded for its scenic setting and natural mineral springs.
 The downtown area continues to be of interest to travelers, particularly in the summer, as the downtown area consists of many one-story, adjoining, small shops, restaurants, and pubs, as well as a creekside city park with a children's playground made from unusual materials.
 Among other services, shops cater to tourist interests such as clothing, candy, souvenirs, and outdoor recreation.
 The main road through the center of town was one of the direct paths to the base of Pikes Peak.
 Barr Trail, which winds its way up Pikes Peak, is easily accessible from town.
 The subdivision Crystal Hills was added to the municipality in the 1960s. 

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 The Norris-Penrose Event Center is a multi-purpose facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, located at the base of Pikes Peak.
 It is home to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo.
 It consists of an outdoor stadium, built in 1938 by Spencer Penrose, rancher and capitalist Jasper Ackerman, and mining partner Charles Leaming Tutt.
 The stadium was named after Penrose following his death.
 The stadium seats up to 10,000 spectators and hosted a football game between the Los Angeles Bulldogs and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
 With five horse barns, an indoor arena built in 1986, and seating up to 500 spectators, the stadium was home to the Colorado Candoos of the National Indoor Football League. 

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Answer: Colorado