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Take Your Pick

Wall Street of the Rockies

— Seventeenth Street Denver, Colorado —

 
 
Take Your Pick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 9, 2019
1. Take Your Pick Marker
Inscription.
“Champa,” I think is
Arapahoe for some common
animal, deer, antelope, horse,
steer, buffalo, wolf or dog.

History of Denver, 1901
Edited for
The Denver Times
By Jerome C. Smiley

 
Erected by Walk of Fame International. (Marker Number 9e.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: AnimalsIndigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Colorado, Denver, Wall Street of the Rockies series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.
 
Location. 39° 44.856′ N, 104° 59.567′ W. Marker is in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County. It is in Central. It is at the intersection of 17th Street and Champa Street, on the left when traveling south on 17th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 909 17th Street, Denver CO 80202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds
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itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bonfils (a few steps from this marker); Four Corners (within shouting distance of this marker); "The Bank that Looks Like a Bank" (within shouting distance of this marker); Solid Investment (within shouting distance of this marker); Out with the Old... (within shouting distance of this marker); Don't Panic (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); National Woman Suffrage Movement (about 300 feet away); The Barnes Dance (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Denver.
 
Take Your Pick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 9, 2019
2. Take Your Pick Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 15, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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Jul. 8, 2026