Auraria

View of St. Cajetan's Catholic Church (now St. Cajetan's Center), 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The church is surrounded by rubble, the remains of buildings destroyed for the Auraria Higher Education Center campus.

The Displaced Aurarian Scholarship & Where To Go For Documentation

Larimer Street looking toward Cherry Creek showing a horse-drawn Crystal Lake Ice wagon, circa 1870. X-23454

Ice Houses: How Early Denver Kept Its Cool

When Samuel Hawken Brought His Rifles to Denver

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

Watercolor and gouache painting shows the Eldorado Hotel, at 1249 10th (Tenth) Street, (10th near Larimer) Denver, Colorado. Built by Henri and Katrina Murat, This log building was the first hotel in the Denver area.

Denver’s First Hotel: El Dorado Lost and Found

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