A fascinating collection of twenty-five compelling stories about events that shaped the Mile High City, It Happened in Denver describes everything from a nineteenth-century gold rush that turned a tent city into a bustling frontier outpost to the mid-1990s construction of a baseball stadium and the urban renewal that accompanied it. Discover why Denver nearly burned down in 1863 and why it was flooded a year later. Learn how wine barrels helped lay a foundation for the ski industry. And meet David Moffat, the man most responsible for building a rail line across the Rocky Mountains. In an…mehr
A fascinating collection of twenty-five compelling stories about events that shaped the Mile High City, It Happened in Denver describes everything from a nineteenth-century gold rush that turned a tent city into a bustling frontier outpost to the mid-1990s construction of a baseball stadium and the urban renewal that accompanied it. Discover why Denver nearly burned down in 1863 and why it was flooded a year later. Learn how wine barrels helped lay a foundation for the ski industry. And meet David Moffat, the man most responsible for building a rail line across the Rocky Mountains. In an easy-to-read style that’s entertaining as well as informative, author Stephen Grace recounts some of the most famous (and infamous!) moments in the history of Colorado’s largest city.
(1) Preface (2) Acknowledgements (3) The Pikes Peak Gold Rush 1859 (4) The Rise of Judge Lynch 1859 (5) The Founding of a Frontier Mint 1860 (6) Gilpin’s Gamble to Save the Union 1862 (7) The Great Fire 1863 (8) The Great Flood 1864 (9) The Sand Creek Massacre 1864 (10) A Race to Build a Railroad: The Iron Horse Arrives 1870 (11) The Hop Street Riot 1880 (12) Building a House of Mirrors: The Prostitution Boom 1889 (13) The Silver Panic 1893 (14) The Great Blizzard 1913 (15) The Epidemic 1918 (16) The Denver Mint Robbery 1922 (17) The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan 1925 (18) Constructing Moffat’s Dream: The Quest to Link to the West 1927 (19) Water for a Thirsty City: A Small Tunnel Pioneers the Way for Big Growth 1936 (20) Wine Barrels Save Winter Park: The Development of Denver’s Ski Industry 1938 (21) The Creation of Red Rocks: A Natural Amphitheatre Rocks the World 1941 (22) Jazz and “A Certain Racy Wild Smack”: Denver Feels the Beat—1947 (23) Saving Molly Brown: Women Lead the Way for Historic Preservation 1970 (24) The Blast Heard Round the City 1973 (25) The Event That Didn’t Happen: The Odd Case of the Almost Olympics 1976 (26) The Great Airport Gamble 1989 (27) If You Build It They Will Come: The Baseball Boom in LoDo 1995 (28) A Potpourri of Denver Facts (29) Bibliography (30) About the Author
(1) Preface (2) Acknowledgements (3) The Pikes Peak Gold Rush 1859 (4) The Rise of Judge Lynch 1859 (5) The Founding of a Frontier Mint 1860 (6) Gilpin’s Gamble to Save the Union 1862 (7) The Great Fire 1863 (8) The Great Flood 1864 (9) The Sand Creek Massacre 1864 (10) A Race to Build a Railroad: The Iron Horse Arrives 1870 (11) The Hop Street Riot 1880 (12) Building a House of Mirrors: The Prostitution Boom 1889 (13) The Silver Panic 1893 (14) The Great Blizzard 1913 (15) The Epidemic 1918 (16) The Denver Mint Robbery 1922 (17) The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan 1925 (18) Constructing Moffat’s Dream: The Quest to Link to the West 1927 (19) Water for a Thirsty City: A Small Tunnel Pioneers the Way for Big Growth 1936 (20) Wine Barrels Save Winter Park: The Development of Denver’s Ski Industry 1938 (21) The Creation of Red Rocks: A Natural Amphitheatre Rocks the World 1941 (22) Jazz and “A Certain Racy Wild Smack”: Denver Feels the Beat—1947 (23) Saving Molly Brown: Women Lead the Way for Historic Preservation 1970 (24) The Blast Heard Round the City 1973 (25) The Event That Didn’t Happen: The Odd Case of the Almost Olympics 1976 (26) The Great Airport Gamble 1989 (27) If You Build It They Will Come: The Baseball Boom in LoDo 1995 (28) A Potpourri of Denver Facts (29) Bibliography (30) About the Author
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