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Clear Creek County

Added by yongli on 01/30/2017 - 11:05, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 12:43

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Clear Creek County lies thirty miles west of Denver on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains . One of Colorado’s seventeen original counties, it covers 396 square miles and spans Clear Creek Canyon , from which it takes its name. Clear Creek County has a population of 9,303 and is bordered by...

Georgetown Loop

Added by yongli on 08/11/2016 - 16:38, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 13:54
The Georgetown Loop is a rail line running between Georgetown and Silver Plume that showcases Colorado’s mountain scenery and mining heritage. The Georgetown Loop represents a major part of Colorado’s formative history—railroad development—as well as one of the state’s strongest industries—tourism...

Georgetown–Silver Plume Historic District

Added by yongli on 11/18/2016 - 16:27, last changed on 11/26/2022 - 11:42
Located in the upper Clear Creek valley about forty-five miles west of Denver , the Georgetown–Silver Plume Historic District is one of the best preserved historic mining districts in Colorado. In the late nineteenth century, Georgetown thrived as the area’s commercial and professional center,...

Hotel de Paris

Added by yongli on 08/21/2015 - 10:29, last changed on 11/09/2022 - 22:38
Hotel de Paris was an idealized imitation of a Norman inn and is older than the State of Colorado itself. A former cook, journalist, and miner, Frenchman Louis Dupuy (born Adolph François Gerard) established the hotel and restaurant on October 9, 1875, in the Powers Building, formerly occupied by...

Wichita State University Plane Crash

Added by yongli on 10/03/2016 - 12:07, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 05:48
In early October 1970, a twin-engine aircraft carrying forty people associated with the Wichita State University football team crashed into Mt. Bethel along Colorado’s Continental Divide , killing thirty-one passengers. The crash spurred the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to review and revise its...
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