DID YOU KNOW
Denver’s early years
Denver is one of the few cities that was not founded along a road, railroad, lake, navigable river or body of water. When a small number of gold flakes were discovered in 1858, a camp was established.
Originally, there were three separate towns with different names on the site that became Denver. In 1859, the other names were dropped and the tent city officially became Denver, in return for a barrel of whiskey that was shared by all the involved parties. A saloon was the first permanent structure of the new town.
Although Indians had warned early settlers not to build there, the city was established and in its first few years was destroyed twice, by fire and flood.
Source: Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
REGIONAL NOTES
FORT COLLINS
Public invited to talk open space
The city of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program and Larimer County Open Lands Program invite the public to the first management planning public meeting for Soapstone Prairie Natural Area and Red Mountain Open Space.
Both parcels are part of the greater Laramie Foothills/Mountains to Plains conservation project.
The meeting is scheduled for Jan. 24 at the Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 970-679-4562 or 970-416-2814.
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