Immediately north-east of this point and covering much of Block 18 East Denver stood the famous Elephant Corral camp ground, immigrant headquarters and stock yards of pioneer Denver.
Begun early in 1859 by Blake & Williams with their Denver . . . — — Map (db m203481) HM
Auraria is the site of the first informal gathering of Freemasons in what is now Colorado in Fall of 1858 and the first regular communication of Freemasons in the Territory of Colo. on October 1, 1859. These Freemasons were gold seekers. The search . . . — — Map (db m203471) HM
The Auraria higher education center is located on the site of Denver’s oldest continuously occupied settlement. In 1858, William Green Russell and his brothers found gold nearby and established this pioneer town of Auraria, which merged with Denver . . . — — Map (db m51708) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m5780) HM
Larry Walker was the first Colorado Rockies player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, as a member of the class of 2020. He is also the second Rockie to have his number retired by the club. Walker played 17 Major League seasons, with . . . — — Map (db m283992) HM
18th St. Atrium
1919
One of the last buildings constructed in "Warehouse Row," which stretched from Cherry Creek to the 1900 blocks of Wynkoop Street, 1621 18th Street originated as the warehouse and offices for Bourk, . . . — — Map (db m97346) HM
The Rockies earned a spot in the 2017 postseason by securing the second National League Wild Card. Under the leadership of new manager Bud Black, the club finished with an 87-75 record. All-Stars Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon along with . . . — — Map (db m283998) HM
Blake Street was named after Charles Blake, who came to Denver in 1858, and established supply depots throughout Lower Downtown.
Originally, the area was Denver's warehouse, brothel, and sporting house district. Some of the most infamous . . . — — Map (db m97357) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
City and County of Denver Landmark No. 65 - 1974.
Landmark Preservation Commission. — — Map (db m255060) HM
Coors Field celebrated its inaugural season opener a little later than expected. The previous season had ended in August with a player strike, and their subsequent negotiations with the owners and MLB delayed the start of the 1995 season. Better . . . — — Map (db m283898) HM
Rockies tickets were expected to be in high demand for their inaugural season of 1993. Fortunately, their temporary home for 1993 and 1994 was mile high stadium, home of the Denver Broncos, with a seating capacity of over 70,000. With an NFL . . . — — Map (db m283897) HM
During the 1860's, the first Chinese settled in Colorado, drawn here by the completion of the transcontinental railroad as well as by other demands for cheap manual labor. Existing amidst persecution, poverty and wretched living conditions, the . . . — — Map (db m96238) HM
[Part 1 – south side] The 2007 Rockies team captivated fans throughout baseball with an unprecedented run at the end of the season. The sensational 21-of-22 run began on Sept. 16, with a 13-0 win over the Florida Marlins, . . . — — Map (db m283995) HM
July 5, 1991 was the day Denver was selected by Major League Baseball as the new home city of an expansion team to begin play in the National League West Division in 1993. This was a huge win for fans throughout the Rocky Mountain Region after . . . — — Map (db m283896) HM
Keli McGregor was a bold and innovative leader of the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, a man with unwavering integrity and character. McGregor Square bears his name because he had the vision to see exciting potential in the parking lot next door to . . . — — Map (db m283895) HM
"Visitors to Denver will certainly find a great improvement because they will… step aboard any one of the different lines right at the door of Union Station."
The Denver Post, May 26, 1918
(opening day of the Denver Tramway . . . — — Map (db m118591) HM
Built in 1930-31 as a multi-tenant warehouse, 1863 Wazee Street is representative of the final building period in Lower Downtown until the boom of the 1980's. Architect Montana Fallis used the modernistic style to establish this building as Denver's . . . — — Map (db m97348) HM
'The wickedest street in the city' from the 1880's to 1912, Holliday (now Market Street) was awash in cheap cribs and elaborate bordellos, dance halls and seedy saloons where over 1,000 women sold their charms. In the bustling underground economy of . . . — — Map (db m96234) HM
Coors Field attendance records weren't the only records the Rockies were breaking. In the first year in their new home ballpark, the 1995 team became the first expansion team to reach postseason play prior to its fourth year of competition. And . . . — — Map (db m283899) HM
Todd Helton played 17 seasons in one uniform: the Colorado Rockies'. He made his Major League debut on Aug. 2. 1997. In 1998, Helton took over at first base and stayed there for the next 16 seasons. He was a three-time Gold Glove winner, a . . . — — Map (db m283996) HM
The Blake Street Bombers moniker was given to a set of four prolific hitters in 1995: LF Dante Bichette, 3B Vinny Castilla, 1B Andrés Galarraga and RF Larry Walker. In that 1995 season, Manager Don Baylor used psychology to take full advantage of . . . — — Map (db m283991) HM
The rich bottomlands between the South Platte River and the rail yards have been called “the Bottoms” for over a century. At times, the site occupied a lowly place in Denver’s history. Today, however, the Bottoms are coming up. Life on . . . — — Map (db m289397) HM
Known to millions of fans as “Mr. Baseball,” Branch Rickey was voted the “most influential person in sports in the 20th century” by ESPN’s Sportscentury Panel. Perhaps foremost among his accomplishments, Mr. Rickey is credited with breaking the . . . — — Map (db m283900) HM
This building was constructed by
madam Jennie Rogers in 1889 and became
the classiest bordello in the Rocky
Mountain West. Another famous pleasure
queen, Mattie Silks, operated the business
from 1911 until it was closed by federal
edict in . . . — — Map (db m96236) HM
”Union Station belongs to all of us.”
Union Station neighbor, 2002
Rich or poor, famous or anonymous, everybody passed through Union Station from the time it opened in 1881. A trip to the station meant something new was about to . . . — — Map (db m118585) HM
A native of Toyama-ken, Japan, the Rev. Tamai came to Denver in June of 1930. He devoted the rest of his life - 53 years - to the spiritual, cultural and social needs of Buddhists in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas . . . — — Map (db m231831) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m237358) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m237361) HM
1881: Union Depot, constructed in the High Victorian Eclectic style, opened on June 1 at a cost of $525,000
1883: On November 18, the railroads instituted a time zone system specifically to keep trans on time at Union Depot and across the . . . — — Map (db m237360) HM
The South Platte River has endured more than two centuries of ridicule, exploitation, and abuse. Yet the river that gave Denver life flows on, bringing hope that future generations will protect and respect this vital and historic . . . — — Map (db m289514) HM
"Without railroads, Denver would be too dead to bury."
Thomas Durant, Vice President
Union Pacific Railroad, 1867
A survivor of fire and floods, Union Station is at the head of our railroad history. Landlocked, Denver needed . . . — — Map (db m118570) HM
”This is our history – from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges – our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation’s . . . — — Map (db m118589) HM
Windsor Farm Dairy Building
1918
A building with a milky past, the Windsor Farm Dairy was built in 1918 for $30.000. A leading Denver architectural firm, Fisher & Fisher, designed this red brick structure with terra cotta . . . — — Map (db m97358) HM
In 1915, this was the Colorado National Bank’s slogan.
Designed by W.E. and A.A. Fischer, the buildings bronze vault and door weighs 73,000 lbs with supports walls three-and-a-half inches thick. Inside the vaults, the doors alone weigh 62,000 . . . — — Map (db m135451) HM
At the very heart of Denver’s rough beginnings, Fifteenth Street actually followed the old military trails from Santa Fe, Fort Union and trading posts north and south of Denver. It was here that General Larimer expropriated the one “cabin” claim . . . — — Map (db m118601) HM
On December 10, 1975, 17th Street celebrated its 25th year as a concrete street. Anniversary invitations were engraved in old English and former Governor John Love led the champagne toast.
In 1950, amid great City Council debate, 17th Street . . . — — Map (db m135544) HM
The masonry labor for this memorial is donated by Stephan Dach in loving memory of his father Alfred who perished in the early years of World War II in a Nazi Concentration Camp. May this be a reminder of him and all those others who have . . . — — Map (db m46101) HM
"Stand up you man-eatin' son of a
bitch, stand up. They wuz seven
Demmy-crats in Hinsdale County, and
you et five of 'em. I sentence you to
be hanged by the neck until you are
dead, dead, dead."
Attributed to Judge Gerry . . . — — Map (db m255447) HM
The legend says that Denver's early settlers, who made their camp on the banks of Cherry Creek, laughed at the Arapaho, a local Indian tribe, for making their camp inconveniently far from the water's edge.
The Arapaho warned the settlers of . . . — — Map (db m135440) HM
In 1893, Katherine Lee Bates,
a vacationing school teacher,
wrote America the Beautiful as a
poem about the view from the
14,110 foot Pikes Peak summit. — — Map (db m255446) HM
Before the founding of the City of Denver, the tribe that camped in the area called themselves “Inuna-ina" meaning, “Our people.”
This tribe was also known as “Arapaho,” the word for “trader” or “buyer” in Pawnee. Denver’s founders honored . . . — — Map (db m135442) HM
The significance of 1514 Blake St. lies in its connection to the remarkable life of black pioneer Barney Ford. Ford was born a slave on January 22, 1822 in Stafford, Virginia, but escaped to Chicago, where he worked with the underground railroad . . . — — Map (db m118597) HM
For more than a century, Denver's warehouse district has centered on Wynkoop. Stimulated by the arrival of the railroads in 1870 and the subsequent need for distribution services, an impressive array of three-to-five story warehouses, flat roofed . . . — — Map (db m97395) HM
Baur's Building,
constructed in 1881.
Placed on National and State
Registers of Historic Places - 2006.
Home of Baur's
Restaurant & Confectionery
for eighty years.
City and County of Denver Landmark No. 316 - 2006. . . . — — Map (db m254940) HM
"A dog fight on Champa Street is of more interest to Denverites than a war in Europe."
Frederick Bonfils
(1860-1933)
Founder of The Denver Post
and prominent philanthropist — — Map (db m135447) HM
The downtown skyline was transformed in the late 1970s and early 1980s as the Denver economy boomed based on the price of oil. As oil prices fell below $10/barrel in 1986, Denver’s economy contracted.
In 1986, the Denver economy entered its . . . — — Map (db m135486) HM
Famous Hole in the Wall Gang
outlaw Butch Cassidy robbed his
first bank in the box canyon town of
Telluride, Colorado on June 24, 1889.
Cassidy and three others made off
with $20,000 from the San Miguel
Valley Bank and were
never . . . — — Map (db m255445) HM
Constructed in 1896 for $75,000, the Morey Mercantile Building was the first notable warehouse to be built after the 1893 silver crash. Designed by Gove & Walsh, the structure included a spice grinding mill, roasting plant, extract laboratory and . . . — — Map (db m97396) HM
In the 1860’s, when gold from Colorado’s grubstakes began flowing into Denver at a mad pace, the costly and risky problem of shipping it to banks back East was neatly solved by Clark, Gruber and Co. In a building near this site, the banking firm . . . — — Map (db m51712) HM
Josephine Roche, daughter of a wealthy coal mine operator, ran for governor in 1934. She advocated a progressive sales tax that fell heavily on the rich.
Although she lost the election, she became Assistant Secretary of Treasury, the second . . . — — Map (db m135101) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m4745) HM WM
Colorado
State Capitol
is part of the
Denver Civic Center
National Historic
Landmark.
The Denver Civic Center is an outstanding
representation of the widespread impact of
the City Beautiful movement on American cities
and . . . — — Map (db m256027) HM
Memorial Stone commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Colorado State Capitol. The time capsule beneath this stone contains messages and memorabilia from the people of Colorado in 1990 to its people in 2090. . . . — — Map (db m46059) HM
Dedicated by the people of Colorado in gratitude and respect for the men and women who have proudly served and sacrificed in our nation’s armed forces. — — Map (db m46079) HM
The First National Bank of Denver made its first home here in 1866, with a building constructed for a cost of $45,000. The bank stayed at this location for 10 years, enlarging rooms, installing fancy gas lights, and in 1875, adding a third floor . . . — — Map (db m27508) HM
The D&F Tower at the corner of 16th and Arapahoe Streets is all that remains of the Daniels & Fisher department store that stood on this block.
After its construction in 1911, the D&F Tower was for many years the tallest building in Denver. . . . — — Map (db m135103) HM
Denver Auditorium Theatre has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m253366) HM
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. Charles Town Association, but they left only one man to . . . — — Map (db m27493) HM
Originally built as the stables for the Denver City Railway Company in 1883, this building was the birthplace of Denver's Public Transportation system. Horse drawn trolleys, soon replaced by one of America's most extensive cable car networks, . . . — — Map (db m97394) HM
November 18, 1997
While waiting for a bus on 17th Street, Oumar Dia was shot and killed because of the color of his skin. Jeannie Van Velkinburgh who came to his assistance was shot and paralyzed.
In response to the murder, thousands of . . . — — Map (db m135508) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
City and County of Denver Landmark No. 216 – 1994.
Landmark Preservation Commission. — — Map (db m255506) HM
The Silver Panic of 1893 brought 17th Street to her knees. Eventually she recovered; gold was the reason she survived. Golden riches arrived from the mines of Cripple Creek filling Denver's coffers.
This Golden Era is symbolized by the gold . . . — — Map (db m135105) HM
Charles Henry Dow, the first editor of the Wall Street Journal, created the stock market index with Edward D. Jones in 1897.
Dow, who had worked as a bookkeeper for a Leadville mining operation, was the first Vice-President of the . . . — — Map (db m135528) HM
Constructed in 1890-92, the Equitable Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has long been home to many of Denver’s most prestigious law firms and financial institutions, and is generally regarded as the last great building . . . — — Map (db m135472) HM
This building is named for Edward W. Wynkoop (1836-1891) to honor his peacemaking efforts, though unsuccessful, to resolve the Indian-white conflict which resulted tragically in the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.
Exaggerated reports of . . . — — Map (db m97294) HM
The First United Presbyterian
Church (originally the Capital
Avenue Presbyterian Church)
was built on this site in 1883 and
demolished in 1965. It sat nearly
800 people and cost $39,145 to
build, including four lots and the
furniture. The . . . — — Map (db m256028) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m4659) HM
Maurice Rose was one of the highest ranking
and most distinguished Jewish soldiers in U.S. history.
Prior to joining the Army, he was raised in Denver,
attended religious school, Denver public
elementary schools, and East High School.
He . . . — — Map (db m257742) HM WM
Given to the State of Colorado by
the Boettcher Foundation - 1960.
The former residence of three families
prominent in Colorado history:
Walter S. Cheesman, John Evans,
Claude K. Boettcher.
National Register of Historic Places - . . . — — Map (db m255212) HM
City and County of Denver Landmark No. 95 - 1976.
Landmark Preservation Commission.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m255214) HM
The five-pointed intersection at 17th and Broadway is the result of shifts in Denver’s street grid.
The grid shift created the triangular-shaped block upon which the Brown Palace Hotel is located. Here, the original grid which runs parallel . . . — — Map (db m135518) HM
On August 26, 1964 five thousand screaming fans waited outside the Brown Palace Hotel for hours hoping to catch a glimpse of their idols, the Beatles.
Well-rehearsed in evading mobs, the “Fab Four” sneaked into the hotel through a service . . . — — Map (db m167285) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m27242) HM
“We have to organize. The best way to make the system work for us is cooperation.”
-- Bernie Valdez (1912-1997)
Co-founder of Latin American Education Foundation and the Latin American Research and Service Agency, and Head of the Colorado . . . — — Map (db m135515) HM
Valedictorian of the first class, Denver high School, 1877. Graduated from United States Military Academy 1884 with record of 2070.4 out of possible 2075. War with Spain, Colonel 1st Colorado infantry U.S.V. His regiment led the advance in capture . . . — — Map (db m46108) HM
General William H. Larimer, Jr., founder of Denver City which was established on November 22, 1858, named the city after the Governor of the Kansas Territory and the principal street after himself. Some of Denver’s first cabins were located at the . . . — — Map (db m51710) HM
In the 1880s and 1890s Denver was the nation's headquarters for "con" men, a dubious honor that it maintained into the early years of the 20th century.
The most famous con man was "Soapy" Smith who sold $5.00 bars of soap from 17th Street, . . . — — Map (db m52186) HM
Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land.
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Colorado
by direction of
the honorable John W. Snyder,
Secretary of the Treasury,
as the inspirational symbol of . . . — — Map (db m257734) HM
General Orders, No. 11, Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Washington D.C. May 5, 1868.
I. The 30th day of May, 1869, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of . . . — — Map (db m46107) HM
Lynching in America.
Racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of Black people and terrorized millions more who were denied equal protection under the law. After the Civil War, white resistance to equal . . . — — Map (db m236319) HM
This bridge symbolizes the revitalization of lower downtown Denver in the late twentieth century and represents one of the many contributions made to our community by Emanuel "Manny" Salzman. After moving to LoDo in 1980, Manny and his wife, Joanne, . . . — — Map (db m97412) HM
Seventeenth Street is home to
many of Denver’s parades.
Annual parades include:
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Memorial Day Parade
Veteran’s Day Parade
Parade of Lights
National Western Stock Show Parade
Special . . . — — Map (db m135525) HM
The first man to rob the Denver Mint was “Small Bad Jim” – James Clark. The gold bars were so heavy that he began dropping them only one mile away in what is now Cheesman Park. Six days later, the desperado was captured 25 miles south of Colorado . . . — — Map (db m100808) HM
Before the coming of the rails, stagecoaches were a major form of passenger transportation to and from Denver.
In 1878, Helen Hunt Jackson wrote, The public coaches are here, as everywhere, uncomfortable, overloaded, intolerable. I know of no . . . — — Map (db m135476) HM
The Brown Family Moves to Denver
In 1886 Margaret Tobin married charming mine engineer J.J.
Brown in Leadville, Colorado after moving from Hannibal,
Missouri. The Browns were soon parents to two children,
son Lawrence "Larry" and . . . — — Map (db m257724) HM
Until 1911, Denver was the largest city in the nation where women could vote. Western states, including Colorado, were among the first to give women the right to vote.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed full . . . — — Map (db m135444) HM
Clark, Gruber and Company printed gold notes as well as producing $2.50, $5 and $20 gold pieces.
After private mints were outlawed in 1864, the federal government took over the job as the Denver Mint.
Clark, Gruber and Co. evolved to . . . — — Map (db m135483) HM
The Skyline Urban Renewal Project consisted of twenty blocks between Curtis Street and Larimar Street that were demolished in the late 1960s to “remove blight” and make way for the new and modern. There is a noticeable difference in scale between . . . — — Map (db m135445) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6674) HM
Unlike San Francisco, which the Spanish founded as a mission, and Salt Lake City, which the Mormons started as a communal religious utopia, Denver originated as a place to make money.
From the beginning, the town aspired to be the supply hub: . . . — — Map (db m135357) HM
Down 17th Street, Longs Peak is visible over the roof of Union Station. Together, they symbolize two bases of Denver's economy. Since its founding in 1858, Denver has taken advantage of its location for freight and passenger transportation. . . . — — Map (db m135104) HM
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