Cañon City, Colorado

Cañon City (pronounced '"Canyon") is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 16,400 at the 2010 United States Census. Cañon City straddles the easterly flowing Arkansas River and is a popular tourist destination for sightseeing, whitewater rafting, and rock climbing. Cañon City probably best known for two things: Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, founded before statehood, and Royal Gorge, just outside of city. Cañon City is known for its many public parks, fossil discoveries, Skyline Drive.

In 1994, the United States Board on Geographic Names approved adding the tilde to the official name of Cañon City, a change from "Canon City" as the official name in its decisions of 1906 and 1975. However, even before this official change, the name was pronounced "Cañon" by most people in Colorado, and was spelled that way on most of the signs around the state. Outsiders did often pronounce the name "Canon".

Cañon City in The House of Daniel
In 1934, Canon City (pronounced "Canyon" by the locals) was famous for being at the start of the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas and for Colorado State Pen. Like a number of small towns, Canon City once had a minor league baseball team in the Rocky Mountain League, but the league folded. However, the Canon City Fylfots still played semipro.

When the House of Daniel played the Fylfots, Carpetbag Booker started as pitcher for the first time.