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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28F8_when-the-depot-became-a-station_Denver-CO.html
"This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad
to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and
building of our most historic bridges - our American
ancestors prioritized growth and investment
in our nation's infrastructur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-ba333_wwii-10th-mountain-division_Denver-CO.html
This monument is dedicated to the World War II 10th Mountain Division soldiers. Their unique talents and heroic deeds contributed to the Aleutian Islands Campaign and the earlier termination of the war in the Italian Theater of Operations. Special…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHE_mint-robbery-historical_Denver-CO.html
The first man to rob the Denver Mint was "Small Bad Jim" - James Clark. The gold bars were so heavy that he began dropping them only one mile away in what is now Cheesman Park. Six days later, the desperado was captured 25 miles south of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U43_mannys-bridge-historical_Denver-CO.html
This bridge symbolizes the revitalization of lower downtown Denver in the late twentieth century and represents one of the many contributions made to our community by Emanuel "Manny" Salzman. After moving to LoDo in 1980, Manny and his wife, Joann…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U42_spratlen-anderson-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
On the original site of the Washington Hotel and Studebaker Buggy and Carriage House, this building was constructed in 1906 as a four-story warehouse for the Spratlen-Anderson Mercantile Co. Frank Edbrooke designed the original structure, as well …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U41_the-edbrooke-lofts-historical_Denver-CO.html
This site has been home to:
1880 · The Washington Hotel
1896 · Studebaker Buggy & Carriage Works
1902 · The Spratlen-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Company
1923 · Davis Brothers Drug Company
1957 · Lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3F_denver-city-railway-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
Originally built as the stables for the Denver City Railway Company in 1883, this building was the birthplace of Denver's Public Transportation system. Horse drawn trolleys, soon replaced by one of America's most extensive cable car networks, crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3E_barteldes-hartig-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
For more than a century, Denver's warehouse district has centered on Wynkoop. Stimulated by the arrival of the railroads in 1870 and the subsequent need for distribution services, an impressive array of three-to-five story warehouses, flat roofed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3D_c-s-morey-mercantile-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
Constructed in 1896 for $75,000, the Morey Mercantile Building was the first notable warehouse to be built after the 1893 silver crash. Designed by Gove & Walsh, the structure included a spice grinding mill, roasting plant, extract laboratory and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3A_st-elmo-hotel-historical_Denver-CO.html
The St. Elmo Hotel, constructed in 1896, joined a pantheon of grand and small hotels clustered in lower downtown to serve railroad travelers. In 1870, the first Denver Pacific locomotive pulled into Denver, and prosperity followed close on its whe…