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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

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

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

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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