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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2964_general-electric-building_Denver-CO.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28HG_barney-ford-building_Denver-CO.html
The significance of 1514 Blake St. lies in its connection to the remarkable life of black pioneer Barney Ford. Ford was born a slave on January 22, 1822 in Stafford, Virginia, but escaped to Chicago, where he worked with the underground railroad h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28HD_the-city-beautiful_Denver-CO.html
Denver's municipal facts book of 1909 states "Denver is known in every civilized country as the 'City of Lights.'" Electric light bulbs were considered a miraculous new invention and Denver took full advantage of the ease and elegance these lights…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28HA_15th-wazee-street_Denver-CO.html
At the very heart of Denver's rough beginnings, Fifteenth Street actually followed the old military trails from Santa Fe, Fort Union and trading posts north and south of Denver. It was here that General Larimer expropriated the one "cabin&quo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28H3_warehouses_Denver-CO.html
Denver grew from its humble beginnings along the banks of Cherry Creek in the 1860's, to a well-organized and prosperous city by the turn of the century. The "rail-age" of Denver's history brought tremendous growth and turned thought for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28G5_local-transit-through-the-ages_Denver-CO.html
"Visitors to Denver will certainly find a great improvement because they will... step aboard any one of the different lines right at the door of Union Station."
The Denver Post, May 26, 1918
(opening day of the Denver Tramway Loop)
Local …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FQ_welcome-to-union-station_Denver-CO.html
"Without railroads, Denver would be too dead to bury."
Thomas Durant, Vice President
Union Pacific Railroad, 1867
A survivor of fire and floods, Union Station is at the head of our railroad history. Landlocked, Denver needed reliable tran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FP_union-station-timeline_Denver-CO.html
1881: Union Depot, constructed in the High Victorian Eclectic style, opened on June 1 at a cost of $525,000
1883: On November 18, the railroads instituted a time zone system specifically to keep trans on time at Union Depot and across the country…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FG_the-people-of-the-station_Denver-CO.html
"Union Station belongs to all of us."
Union Station neighbor, 2002
Rich or poor, famous or anonymous, everybody passed through Union Station from the time it opened in 1881. A trip to the station meant something new was about to …
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…