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Dow Jones Average · Local Boy Makes Good. Wall Street of the Rockies—. Charles Henry Dow, the first editor of the Wall Street Journal, created the stock market index with Edward D. Jones in 1897. . . Dow, who had worked as a bookkeeper for…
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Welton Street connects Downtown to Five Points, the historical commercial center of the African-American community. . . The name of the neighborhood comes from the five-pointed intersection where 26th Avenue, 27th Street and Washington Street meet at We…
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March On. Wall Street of the Rockies—. Seventeenth Street is home to many of Denver's parades. Annual parades include: St. Patrick's Day Parade Memorial Day Parade Veteran's Day Parade Parade of Lights National Western Stock Show Parade …
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17th'S 25th Anniversary. Wall Street of the Rockies—. On December 10, 1975, 17th Street celebrated its 25th year as a concrete street. Anniversary invitations were engraved in old English and former Governor John Love led the champagne toast. . . I…
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Menu for the Brown Palace. Wall Street of the Rockies—. Little Neck Clams Consomme Renaissance Mountain Trout Filet of Beef Punch Imperial Dressed Lettuce Nesselrode Pudding Panache Cheese ______ Opening Night August 12, 1892 .
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Those Illustrious Browns. Wall Street of the Rockies—. Orphaned at age seven, Henry C. Brown worked on a farm in Ohio where he learned carpentry. In 1860, Brown moved to Denver and set up shop. He went on to become one of Denver's most important early…
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Help!. Wall Street of the Rockies—. On August 26, 1964 five thousand screaming fans waited outside the Brown Palace Hotel for hours hoping to catch a glimpse of their idols, the Beatles. . . Well-rehearsed in evading mobs, the "Fab Four" …
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Top of the World. Wall Street of the Rockies—. Long's Peak, visible at the end of 17th Street, is 14,255 feet in elevation. . . The National Forest Service lists 54 peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation within the state of Colorado. Mt. Elbert at 14,…