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Sixteenth Street (Denver)

Added by yongli on 05/01/2020 - 15:16, last changed on 05/01/2020 - 15:16
Sixteenth Street has been Denver ’s main street for shopping, commerce, and celebrations since the late nineteenth century. Starting from Broadway just north of Civic Center , it stretches about 1.75 miles northwest to Tejon Street in Highland. To help revive downtown commerce and relieve...

Tabor Opera House

Added by yongli on 04/10/2020 - 15:31, last changed on 06/10/2020 - 15:23

Tabor Opera House

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The Tabor Opera House (308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville) was built by Horace Tabor in 1879 to bring high-class entertainment to the rough mining camp of Leadville . It was for a while one of the top theaters in the state. Horace Tabor had to sell the property during the Panic of 1893 . It later was...

Henderson Molybdenum Mine

Added by yongli on 04/10/2020 - 10:25, last changed on 04/13/2020 - 12:13
Located about nine miles west of Empire , the Henderson Molybdenum Mine was developed by American Metal Climax (AMAX) and opened in 1976 to work one of the world’s largest known molybdenum deposits. A conveyor belt for transporting ore connects the mine to a separate mill on the western side of the...

Climax Molybdenum Mine

Added by yongli on 04/09/2020 - 11:26, last changed on 05/27/2020 - 15:33
Located in Lake County beside Fremont Pass, the Climax Molybdenum Mine started production in 1918 and grew to become the world’s largest underground mine. Deemed a national priority during World War II because of molybdenum’s importance in hardening steel, Climax continued to grow for a generation...

Sand Wash Basin Tool Stone Sites

Added by yongli on 03/18/2020 - 22:34, last changed on 04/16/2020 - 09:07
Located northwest of Craig in Moffat County , the Sand Wash Basin is an area of Bridger Formation rock outcrops that prehistoric peoples mined extensively as a source for stones to make tools with. Bridger Formation chert is typically light to dark brown, though some of the chert in the basin is...

Leadville Ice Palace

Added by yongli on 03/13/2020 - 15:57, last changed on 04/17/2020 - 12:31
The Leadville Ice Palace was an enormous, ice-walled building with an exterior in the style of a Norman castle and an interior comprising a large skating rink and two ballrooms. Proposed and constructed in late 1895, the Ice Palace hosted a Crystal Carnival from January 1 to March 28, 1896, before...

Healy House and Dexter Cabin

Added by yongli on 03/13/2020 - 15:13, last changed on 03/13/2020 - 15:13
A large white-clapboard residence in Leadville , Healy House was built for the family of mining engineer August Meyer in 1878. The house signaled the arrival of some domestic comforts to the rough-hewn mining camp. After the Meyers moved away in 1881, the house served briefly as a Methodist...

Byers-Evans House

Added by yongli on 03/13/2020 - 14:45, last changed on 04/17/2020 - 12:43
Built in 1883, the Byers-Evans House at 1310 Bannock Street in Denver is a Victorian mansion notable for its association with two of the city’s most influential early families. William Byers , who built the house, had established the city’s first newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News , and during his...

Pawnee National Grassland

Added by yongli on 03/13/2020 - 13:44, last changed on 03/13/2020 - 13:44
Pawnee National Grassland encompasses 193,060 acres in Weld County in northeast Colorado. The US Forest Service established the grassland in 1960 to help restore and maintain the short-grass prairie environment that was depleted during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The grassland is broken into two...

Comanche National Grassland

Added by yongli on 03/13/2020 - 13:40, last changed on 09/14/2020 - 11:51
Comanche National Grassland encompasses more than 440,000 acres in Baca and Otero Counties in southeast Colorado. The US Forest Service maintains the natural heath and cultural resources of the grassland, which was established in 1960 and is named after the Comanche Indians who once ruled the...

Barger Gulch Site

Added by yongli on 01/15/2020 - 15:28, last changed on 01/15/2020 - 15:28
There are few places in western North America richer in Paleo-Indian archaeology than Middle Park , the valley that forms the headwaters of the Colorado River in Grand County . Within Middle Park, the Barger Gulch area preserves an impressive amount of evidence from early humans, with sites dating...

Lyons Sandstone

Added by yongli on 01/15/2020 - 15:23, last changed on 06/11/2020 - 13:24
Named for the Boulder County town whose historic quarries made it famous, the Lyons Sandstone formation is a Permian age rock layer in the foothills of the Front Range from the Wyoming border to south of Colorado Springs . It is the primary formation in the scenic red rock outcrops at Garden of the...

Great Divide

Added by yongli on 01/15/2020 - 13:44, last changed on 08/17/2020 - 13:39
The beautiful and imposing mountain scenery of Colorado’s Great Divide has led to the common belief that the state is home to a singular “Continental Divide.” The divide in Colorado, however, is only a piece of the larger Great Divide, a geologic crest that runs from Alaska through South America...

Trout Creek Archaeological Site

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 15:13, last changed on 01/14/2020 - 15:13
Trout Creek in east Chaffee County is an extensive archaeological site exhibiting natural outcrops of colorful jaspers that were used for thousands of years as raw material for toolmaking by many different groups of Native Americans. It is one of the best-known toolstone sources not only in central...

Shield Cave Archaeological Site

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 15:07, last changed on 01/14/2020 - 15:07
Shield Cave is a large limestone cavern in Eagle County that contains painted rock art dating to the Historic period and deposits of the iron mineral pigment material used to make ochre-color paint. This site is one of hundreds of caverns that have developed in the Mississippian Period Leadville...

Prehistoric Stone Quarrying in Colorado

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 14:37, last changed on 07/02/2020 - 01:07
From exquisitely flaked Folsom spear points to the spectacular cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park , among the most visible vestiges of Colorado’s Native American history are those crafted from naturally available rock. Archaeologists and others have documented nearly 1,000 places across...

Elitch Gardens

Added by yongli on 08/20/2019 - 14:40, last changed on 06/05/2020 - 01:07
Elitch Gardens is an amusement park in Denver that opened in 1890 as a zoological garden and amusement park with a renowned summer stock theater. John Elitch and his wife, Mary , founded Elitch Gardens on land that was formerly Chilcott Farm in northwest Denver. When Elitch Gardens opened, it...

Cache la Poudre River

Added by yongli on 01/22/2019 - 11:13, last changed on 08/17/2020 - 13:37
Rising in Rocky Mountain National Park and coursing 126 miles to its junction with the South Platte River near Greeley , the Cache la Poudre River is the lifeblood of several northern Colorado communities and contributes significantly to the economy of the region. Today, those who live in the...

Pueblo

Added by yongli on 01/08/2019 - 16:05, last changed on 09/09/2020 - 01:07
Pueblo is a city of approximately 110,000 people located near the confluence of Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River , along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains . It is the county seat of Pueblo County , lying just off Interstate 25 about 100 miles north of New Mexico and 100 miles south of...

Hose Company No. 1

Added by yongli on 06/21/2018 - 11:45, last changed on 03/30/2020 - 01:07
One of Denver ’s earliest firehouses, the Hose Company No. 1 building was built in the 1880s and has since served as a print shop, welding shop, and storage facility. It will soon reopen as a restaurant for a new hotel. The preservation of Hose Company No. 1 is an example of Colorado’s dedication...

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