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Denver News

FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY AS AN OUTDOOR REFUGE

North facade of the Denver Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Greek revival style Carnegie building features gray Turkey Creek Sandstone construction, fourteen fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, hipped roof and skylight. Inscription along freize reads: "Erected in the year of our Lord nineteen and nine and dedicated to the advancement of learning." Automobiles park along Colorado U. S. 40 or Colfax Avenue.

Andrew Carnegie and the Denver Public Library opening that never happened

View of flooded Cherry Creek and inundated buildings in Denver, Colorado, Shows brick and frame houses and commercial buildings. Signs read "American House," "Commonwealth," and "J.G. Vawter & Co." The South Platte River and the Front Range are in the distance.

May 1864 Brought Denver's First Big Flood—and Swept Away Much More

View of Broadway at Ellsworth Street, looking north in Denver, Colorado. Multi-story commercial buildings, street lamps and street railway tracks line the street. Notable buildings include the Broadway Bank building and the Queen Theater. A person rides a bike and people stand near storefront windows and under awnings. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs on buildings read: "Restaurant," "William Small, Groceries & Meats," "Coal," "Sorensen Fuel and Feed" and "Queen."

Understanding Denver Streets' decimal system; Or why the intersection of Broadway and Ellsworth is so important

Interior view at the Denver Municipal Auditorium in Denver, Colorado; shows an audience, a pipe organ, and a coffin at the funeral of Mayor Robert Speer.

How Denver said goodbye to Mayor Robert W. Speer

Horse-drawn wagons are parked near buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Wholesale Groceries," "H. Burton Storage & Commission," and "Missouri House." The hotel has other signs: "Bar Room," "Boarding," and long horned cattle are tethered among the horses. Water of the South Platte River is in the background.

William Byers's 1860 Walking Tour of Auraria

Making sense of Denver Streets with Phil Goodstein's "Denver Streets"

View of the Denver Municipal Trap Club clubhouse at Sloans Lake Park in Denver, Colorado. The adobe style building has wooden vigas and a sign that reads: "Denver Municipal Traps".

That building on the Southwest corner of Sloans Lake was once the Denver Municipal Trap Club

Denver's "Other Miss Sabin": Florence's sister Mary

A woman holds a loaf of bread in a towel, by an outdoor brick oven.

Uncovering North Denver's Outdoor Bread Ovens

Shows a copy of the April 23, 1859 Rocky Mountain News, Vol.1, No.1, it's first edition. The paper is staged and clipped on a board for the photo. Under the banner "The Mines And Miners Of Nebraska;" headlines read: "The Opening Of Japan," "Alphabetical Conundrums," "The World Without A Sabbath," "Communications Received By The Nebraska Immigration Society," "Yankee Visit To Carlyle."

Is this the first edition of the Rocky Mountain News? How to tell if you've got the real deal or an RMN reprint

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