Tag: historic
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Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours, Boulder, Colorado
A haunted ghost-story tour with Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours in Boulder, Colorado. They also offer history and brewery tours of Boulder and Denver. Well worth the time and money!
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Como, Colorado, Quasi-Ghost Town with Historic Railroad Roundhouse
Little Como, Colorado, home of a restored railroad roundhouse and other historic buildings. It’s a ghost town and a live town together, right at the end of Boreas Pass Road.
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Denver Ninth Street Historic Park Houses, East Side
A description of several houses on the east side of the Ninth Street Historic Park in Auraria, a district of Denver, Colorado.
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Golda Meir House, Denver, Ninth Street Historic Park
First and only female Israeli prime minister, Golda Meir, lived in Denver as a teen; her house has been preserved as part of the Ninth Street Historic Park in the Auraria district.
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Ninth Street Historic Park, Denver
Photos of Ninth Street Historic Park in Denver, Colorado, including many of the 14 Victorian houses preserved and restored in the Auraria neighborhood and campus.
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Emmanuel Art Gallery, Auraria, Denver, Colorado
Emmanuel Art Gallery resides on the Auraria campus in Denver. By turns an Episcopal chapel, Jewish synagogue, artist studio and now exhibit space, the 1876 building is on the National Register and Denver’s Landmark Preservation list. Art exhibits are free and open to the public.
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Historical Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado
Larimer Square is one of Denver’s first streets. It’s also the city’s first historic district, thanks to Dana Crawford and her preservation project in the 1960s. The Old-West buildings have been preserved and now serve as home to wonderful restaurants, bars and other venues just a few blocks from Union Station in Lower Downtown (LoDo)…
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Broomfield Crescent Grange 136 Hall in Colorado
Local Historic Landmark: Broomfield, Colorado, Crescent Grange #136 Hall and a bit of Old West history about the Patrons of Husbandry and their modern-day role in the community.
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Georgetown, Colorado, off I-70 in the Rocky Mountains
Here are some pictures from historic Georgetown, Colorado, an Old West town dating from 1859. Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, it hosts one end of the Georgetown Loop Historic Steam Train. Every October, they celebrate John Denver and the movie The Christmas Gift.
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Get Your Kicks on Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona
Enjoy a stop on the historic Route 66 at Seligman, Arizona. Angel and Vilma’s Route 66 Gift Shop has every imaginable souvenir emblazoned with the famous highway sign. Plus, you might notice a few similarities between Seligman and the fictional Radiator Springs in the Pixar movie “Cars”.
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