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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1Y_merchandise-mart-historical_Denver-CO.html
Built in 1930-31 as a multi-tenant warehouse, 1863 Wazee Street is representative of the final building period in Lower Downtown until the boom of the 1980's. Architect Montana Fallis used the modernistic style to establish this building as Denver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0G_edward-w-wynkoop-historical_Denver-CO.html
This building is named for Edward W. Wynkoop (1836-1891) to honor his peacemaking efforts, though unsuccessful, to resolve the Indian-white conflict which resulted tragically in the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.
Exaggerated reports of Indian-whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCS_wynkoop-street-rr-bridge-historical_Denver-CO.html
Denver's first settlement was along the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek. Arapahoe Indians named Cherry Creek for the wild chokecherries they harvested here in the fall. They respected the stream's power and warned the first t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBW_hop-alley-chinese-riot-of-1880-historical_Denver-CO.html
During the 1860's, the first Chinese settled in Colorado. Drawn here by the completion of the transcontinental railroad as well as by other demands for cheap manual labor. Existing amidst persecution, poverty and wretched living conditions, the Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBV_red-light-district-market-street-historical_Denver-CO.html
'The wickedest street in the city' from the 1880's to 1912, Holliday (now Market Street) was awash in cheap cribs and elaborate bordellos, dance halls and seedy saloons where over 1,000 women sold their charms. In the bustling underground economy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBU_the-house-of-mirrors-historical_Denver-CO.html
This building was constructed by
madam Jennie Rogers in 1889 and became
the classiest bordello in the Rocky
Mountain West. Another famous pleasure
queen, Mattie Silks, operated the business
from 1911 until it was closed by federal
edict in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19OZ_silas-s-soule_Denver-CO.html
At this location on April 23, 1865, assassins shot and killed 1st Colorado Cavalary Officer Capt. Silas S. Soule. During the infamous Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864, Soule had disobeyed orders by refusing to fire on Chief Black Kettle's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ84_let-the-buyer-beware_Denver-CO.html
In the 1880s and 1890s Denver was the nation's headquarters for "con" men, a dubious honor that it maintained into the early years of the 20th century.
The most famous con man was "Soapy" Smith who sold $5.00 bars of soap from 17th Street, clai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYWA_clark-and-gruber-mint_Denver-CO.html
In the 1860's, when gold from Colorado's grubstakes began flowing into Denver at a mad pace, the costly and risky problem of shipping it to banks back East was neatly solved by Clark, Gruber and Co. In a building near this site, the banking firm b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYW8_larimer-street_Denver-CO.html
General William H. Larimer, Jr., founder of Denver City which was established on November 22, 1858, named the city after the Governor of the Kansas Territory and the principal street after himself. Some of Denver's first cabins were located at the…