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The Closing Era is a bronze sculpture of a Native American hunter standing over a dying bison, installed on the East side of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. [1] [2] The statue was created by Preston Powers, the son of famous sculptor Hiram Powers and "represents the end of the traditional lifestyle of Native Americans in Colorado". [3]
November 22: Denver City founded east of Cherry Creek as a rival to Auraria, displacing the St. Charles Association. [4] [2] 1859 The first burial ground, the Mount Prospect Cemetery (later called the Old Denver City Cemetery) was established. [5] John C. Moore becomes mayor. [6] April 23: Rocky Mountain News begins publication. [7]
Denver 39°44′21″N 104°59′20″W / 39.7391667°N 104.9888889°W / 39.7391667; -104.9888889 ( Denver Civic City Beautiful -era civic center.
Former Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver visited his namesake city in 1875 and in 1882.. In November 1858, General William Larimer and Captain Jonathan Cox, Esquire, two of the land speculators from eastern Kansas Territory that had met with the Territorial Governor James W. Denver (who honorarily gave them appointments such as commissioner, judge and sheriff [5]) unpacked their ...
This is a list of mayors of Denver, the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. [1] ... John Harper: 1871–1872 10: Joseph E. Bates: 1872 ...
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Denver Mile High Stadium was the home of the Broncos from 1960–2000. Denver had the worst record of any original AFL team, with a record of 39–97–4 in the league. [5] They were the only original AFL team never to have played in the title game during the upstart league's 10-year history. [6]
Engineering Research Associates, commonly known as ERA, was a pioneering computer firm from the 1950s. ERA became famous for their numerical computers, but as the market expanded they became better known for their drum memory systems. They were eventually purchased by Remington Rand and merged into their UNIVAC department.