Colorado Springs Experimental Station

Nikola Tesla Colorado Springs Timeline

Important moments and events related to Tesla's time in Colorado

May 17th, 1899

May 23rd, 1899

June 15th, 1899

January 13th, 1900

June, 1904

Colorado Springs, Colorado with Pikes Peak in the background

Colorado Springs, Colorado with Pikes Peak in the background.

Colorado Springs, Colorado from around the time Tesla was there

Colorado Springs, Colorado from around the time Tesla was there.

The Alta Vista Hotel where Tesla stayed in Colorado Springs

The Alta Vista Hotel where Tesla stayed in Colorado Springs.

Room 207 of the Alta Vista Hotel where Tesla stayed in Colorado Springs

Room 207 of the Alta Vista Hotel where Tesla stayed in Colorado Springs.

The Alta Vista Hotel letterhead from the time when Tesla stayed there

The Alta Vista Hotel letterhead from the time when Tesla stayed there.

1899

Tesla Arrives In Colorado

May 17th, 1899

Tesla arrives in Colorado Springs to continue high-voltage/high-frequency experiments that had become too large for his New York lab. He stayed at the Alta Vista Hotel in room 207.