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 Imagine a Great City: Denver at 150
Now Showing at the Colorado History Museum
One hundred and fifty years ago, rumors of easy riches lured hundreds of gold seekers to the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River. Prospectors from 1858 on never panned fortunes from those waters, but genuine bonanzas in the mountains encouraged thousands more to rush to Denver. Many left empty-handed, but those who stayed imagined a mile-high metropolis—what would become the political, commercial, and cultural hub of the High Plains and Rocky Mountain West. Come explore History Colorado’s latest exhibitionImagine a Great City: Denver at 150, and discover the events, people, communities and politics that shaped Denver over the past 150 years into a shining jewel today on Colorado's Front Range.
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