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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

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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