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Ice Houses: How Early Denver Kept Its Cool

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FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY AS AN OUTDOOR REFUGE

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

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

Uncovering North Denver's Outdoor Bread Ovens

Revisiting The Strange Saga of Miss Hamako Yokohama

Denver's Flu History: Shedding Light On What A Coronavirus Outbreak Could Look Like

Bob Huff reads a Beadle's Half Dime Library dime novel titled "Fancy Frank of Colorado" in the Western History department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An illustration of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is on the novel.

Western History and Genealogy Blogs: Staff Favorites from 2019

Denver Coffee House Menus: Paris on the Platte, Muddy’s and the Mercury Cafe

Touring the Metropolitan: Once Denver’s Largest Theater

1950s street scenes in Denver

The David Wolpert House: Dissecting A Riverdale Road Ghost Story