John E. Pelton, left, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, Will W. Torrance and E.B. Anderson prepare to take wooden City of Montrose and rowboats named John C. Bell down the Gunnison River in September
1900.
PHOTO FROM THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARYS WESTERN HISTORY COLLECTION
Today is Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2007. There are 316 days left in the year.
IN COLORADO
1907: Within the boundaries of the diocese of Denver (then the entire state) no Roman Catholic man could marry a Protestant woman because of a special order issued by Bishop N.C. Matz.
1957: Members of the Honor the Bible Assn., who wanted to erect a $60,000 monument to the Holy Bible in Denver’s civic center, said they planned to fight the Denver art commission’s rejection of the plan.
By Stan Oliner, Colorado Historical Society
