DID YOU KNOW?
CANON CITY GHOST WALK
The Canon City Ghost Walk, a historic walking tour of the downtown area, begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday through Monday. The tours, about a 15-block walk led by a guide in period costume, start in May and continue through Labor Day weekend every year.
Many stories have been told about ghosts living in certain buildings, and although sponsored by the Museum of Colorado Prisons, the ghost walk is not focused only on correctional facilities.
Historic information and artifacts about Colorado prisons are housed in the Museum of Colorado Prisons, which is in the cell house of the original Women’s Correctional Facility constructed in 1935.
The Territorial Prison in Canon City received its first inmate June 13, 1871. In April 1874, the prison was officially transferred to the territory of Colorado by the U.S. government and became known as the Colorado State Penitentiary.
For information on the Ghost Walk or the prison museum, call 719-269-3015.
Source: Museum of Colorado Prisons (www.prisonmuseum.org)
REGIONAL NOTES
ARVADA
Wadsworth underpass in works
Federal money and an agreement between Arvada and the Colorado Department of Transportation will result in the construction of a long- anticipated project to lower Wadsworth Boulevard under railroad tracks at Grandview Avenue.
The $30 million project, which includes a bridge for Grandview Avenue and a pedestrian plaza to accommodate the future FasTracks light-rail project, is to begin in summer 2006.
AURORA
Fiesta Aurora plans lively debut
The inaugural Fiesta Aurora will feature food, music and live performances from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 10 in Original Aurora.
Fletcher Plaza, at 9898 E. Colfax Ave., will come alive with food, mariachi music, folklorico troupes, a mercado, Aztec dancing and local bandsat this festive event.
Live performances will take place on two stages, and a children’s area will offer a variety of games and activities. Admission to the event is free.
For more information, call 303-326-8615 or go to www.auroragov.org/events.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Brief closure set for McIntyre St.
McIntyre Street at the railroad crossing north of West 44th Avenue is scheduled to be closed Sept. 16-19 for a road improvement project.
Traffic will be detoured west of McIntyre to Table Mountain Parkway up to West 44th and then back to McIntyre.
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad will widen the crossing before Jefferson County does improvements on McIntyre next spring.
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