| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Colorado Soldier's Monument |
| | (West side):
Colorado Territory - Organized
February 28, 1861
Colorado Admitted as a State
August 1, 1876
Census of Territory in 1861 - 23,331
War Governors
William Gilpin
Richard Ed Whitsitt Adjutant General
1861-1862
John Evans
David H. Moffat, Jr. Adjutant General
1863-1865
Military Organizations in the Civil War
First Colorado Infantry
Later First Colorado Cavalry
Col. John P. Slough Col. John M Chivington
Second Colorado Infantry
Col . . . — Map (db m4745) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Denver City — Lower Downtown Historic District — Established 1988 |
| | The area known today as Lower Downtown, is the Location of the original town of Denver. Gold seekers from Lawrence, Kansas staked the first claim in September of 1858, under the name St. Charlestown Association, but they left only one man to protect their claim. Later that same year, another group from Kansas persuaded the lone man to relinquish the claim. General William Larimer, named the town in Honor of the Kansas Territorial Governor, James William Denver, to ensure the success of this new . . . — Map (db m6672) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Henry Lee Building - 1907 — Lower Downtown Walking Tour |
| | The pattern of ownership of 1545 Wazee Street symbolizes the development of Denver's rail age boom as an industrial and supply city requiring large scale warehousing. Its first owner and occupant, Henry Lee, was an agriculturist, pioneer gardener and fruit grower. In 1864, he successfully experimented with the culture of the eastern onion in Colorado, and brought the first chilled-steel plow to the state. These events marked the beginning of Lee's Farm Implement Business, and in 1870 he . . . — Map (db m27242) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — In Honor of Christopher Columbus |
| | In Honor of Christopher Columbus
(Cristoforo Colombo 1451-1506)
Italian Visionary and Great Navigator
This bold explorer was the first European to set foot on uncharted land, on a West Indies beach in 1492. His four voyages brought Europe and the Americas together, forever changing history. A new nation was to rise. A new Democracy was born.
Sculptor Willaim F. Joseph — Map (db m4743) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — In Memory of Sadie M. Likens |
| | 1840-1920
Who devoted many years of her life aiding the survivors of the Civil War and other wars.
Erected A.D. 1923
By the Grand Army of the Republic, affiliated orders and friends. — Map (db m5616) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Lower Downtown, Walking Tour, Union Station — 1880 / 1914 |
| | Denver's Union Station was constructed to consolidate rail activity in the City and to replace the four separate stations serving the boom town. When completed in 1890 in an Italianate style of Colorado Rhyolite with sandstone trim, the station measured 504 feet in length and was topped by a 128 foot tower, making it the largest structure in Colorado at the time. Twenty thousand proud Denverites attended the opening festivities of the station. The 1880 building was designed by Architect William . . . — Map (db m14509) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Oxford Hotel and Annex — Lower Downtown Walking Tour |
| | 1891
The Oxford Hotel, built in 1891, is Denver's Oldest Hotel. Bankrolled by Brewer Adolph Zang and his partners Philip Feldhauser and William Mygatt, the hotel was designed by Denver's greatest 19th century architect, Frank E. Edbrooke. Through the years, its red brick battlements and terra cotta facade have presided over the comings and goings of Presidents and Queens, scalawags and common laborers. The Oxford's first rooms were advertised as elegant yet affordable, located within a half . . . — Map (db m6674) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Passing of the Street Car |
| | This tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
——
This plaque was presented to the City of Denver by the Colorado State Historical Society and the American Pioneer Trails Association on June 3, 1951, the day street cars were retired and the city's transit system was converted to rubber-tired vehicles.
The plaque commemorates the passing of the street car which served the city's transit needs for nearly 80 years starting with the horse car December 17, . . . — Map (db m4679) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Sand Creek Massacre |
| | The controversy surrounding this Civil War Monument has become a symbol of Coloradens' struggle to understand and take responsibility for our past. On November 29, 1864, Colorado's First and Third Cavalry, commanded by Colonel John Chivington, attacked Chief Black Kettle's peaceful camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians on the banks of Sand Creek, about 180 miles southeast of here. In the surprise attack, soldiers killed more than 150 of the village's 500 inhabitants. Most of the victims were . . . — Map (db m6755) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Smoky Hill Trail |
| | This tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
——
Here was the end of the famous Smoky Hill Trail
Immigrant and stage road extending
from the Missouri River to Denver.
Traversed by pioneers in 1858.
Surveyed by W.G. Russell in 1860.
Route of Butterfield's Overland
Despatch and Wells Fargo Express.
The trail took its human toll -
Death by thirst and Indian raids. — Map (db m4678) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Sugar Building 1906 — Lower Downtown Walking Tour |
| | The sweet smell of success pervaded the Sugar Building from 1906, when it was constructed by the Great Western Sugar Company. During the 1920's, GW became the largest producer of sugar beets in the country. The original building was four stories high and designed by Gove & Walsh Architects. A two-story addition was made to the building in 1912. Located in the heart of Denver's Warehouse District, the sugar building is functional in design and notable for its Sullivanesque arrangement of windows . . . — Map (db m22304) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — The Rocky Mountain News |
| | This tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
On this site stood the original home of
Rocky Mountain News
First newspaper established in
the Pike's Peak Gold Region
Founded by Wm. N.Byers, April 23, 1859,
Champion of Law and Order in
Jefferson Territory; "Advocate of
Faith in emerging Colorado.
Located on neutral ground between
pioneer towns, Denver and Auraria.
Building and press lost in Great
Cherry Creek Flood, May 19, 1864. — Map (db m5780) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — Union Station Area |
| | Denver's emergence as the metropolis of the Rockies is directly related to its role as the regional rail hub. When the transcontinental railroad chose Cheyenne and not Denver as its gateway to the west, Denverites rallied. Civic leaders such as Governor John Evans, Walter Scott Cheeseman, William J. Palmer and David Holliday Moffat, Jr. knew Denver would not survive without a railroad. Coloradans raised $300,000 in three days to build a 106-mile rail link to connect Denver with Cheyenne. At the . . . — Map (db m4641) |
| Colorado (Denver County), Denver — 17 — Wall Street of the Rockies |
| | Four Corners
The four corners of 17th and Champa Streets are occupied by the Boston Building (1890), the Colorado National Bank (1915), the Railway Exchange (Title) Building (1937), and the Ideal Cement (Colorado Federal) Building (1907). All were built of Colorado Yule marble, red sandstone and travertine.
At one time, this intersection was considered the heart of Denver's Business District.
Seventeenth Street Denver, Colorado — Map (db m4659) |
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