History

Fall Events at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

September Events COMING SOON! Meerkats 3D Opening Friday, September 6 Meerkats 3D takes audiences into the world of a meerkat family as they cope with twists and turns of life in Africa’s Kalahari Desert. The film begins as matriarch Klinky’s newest litter emerges from the burrow for the first time. Klinky and her family, including her elder…

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Fall Events at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

September Events COMING SOON! Meerkats 3D Opening Friday, September 6 Meerkats 3D takes audiences into the world of a meerkat family as they cope with twists and turns of life in Africa’s Kalahari Desert. The film begins as matriarch Klinky’s newest litter emerges from the burrow for the first time. Klinky and her family, including her elder…

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Leave a Sticky Mark at The Seattle Gum Wall

Pop into an off beat attraction in Seattle, Washington at the Post Alley Gum Wall. Under the Pikes Market, you will find a wall covered with gum of every color. When people started sticking gum to the walls in the 90’s, the city tried to burst the bubbles through powerwashing and scraping. But in 1999,…

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Tucked away on Flagstaff Mountain, the Flagstaff House Restaurant Delivers a Dining Experience that Dazzles.

Flagstaff House Offers Unique Dining Experience

You step onto the deck, and it hits you: a majestic view of Boulder and the foothills. You’ve arrived at the FlagStaff House Restaurant just in time to snag a table and watch the sun slowly dip slowly behind the city. Settle into this mountain cabin turned restaurant for a dining experience that dazzles. Savvy restaurant owner,…

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Glenwood Hot Springs History Passed Down Generations

Glenwood Springs History is passed down from generation to generation. For the Zelenka Family, history reaches as far back as 1945. That’s when the husband of Dory Zelenka, Tony, was stationed at Hotel Colorado during WWII. During the war, the pool served as a Naval Convalescent Hospital so soldiers could take advantage of the healing…

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Kentucky Derby Festival Kicks off Derby Week

The kick off of the Kentucky Derby Festival signals the start of one of the most exciting times in Louisville, KY. The first festival kicked off in 1956 with a budget of just $640.00. The grandfather of longtime volunteer, Leslie Broecker, was on the founding committee. The festival cast so much spirit in Louisville that…

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“Changing Lives, Restoring Hope” Gala at Colorado History Center Honors Father Michael Sheeran

A man who continues to work of another man who stood as a champion for the homeless in Denver will be honored in May with the Father Woody’s Humanitarian Award. Rev. Michael J. Sheeran, S.J. has made it his mission to provide food, shelter, clothing and counseling to the homeless. He continues a mission started…

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"Changing Lives, Restoring Hope" Gala at Colorado History Center Honors Father Michael Sheeran

A man who continues to work of another man who stood as a champion for the homeless in Denver will be honored in May with the Father Woody’s Humanitarian Award. Rev. Michael J. Sheeran, S.J. has made it his mission to provide food, shelter, clothing and counseling to the homeless. He continues a mission started…

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Saint James Tea Room

 The Victorian town of Georgetown was missing one key element last year, a teahouse. Jeannette Peterson changed that when she opened the Saint James Tea Room in August of 2010. She named her business after the former hotel that once set up shop here in 1875, the Saint James Hotel. By transforming her former mercantile…

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Riverside Cemetery tells soulful stories

Some of the most can be found at Denver’s Oldest Cemetery. A group of businessman built Riverside Cemetery in 1876 after predicting the nearby Cheesman Park Cemetery would out grow its space. By taking a tour you will hear stories that radiate from the resting ground 135 years later. You will learn about some of…

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