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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Denver, Colorado, United States, from its founding in 1858 to the present.

1800s

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1857 to 1879

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  • 1857
    • Summer: Mexican gold miners create small settlement at about present day Alameda Avenue on the South Platte River in what is now Denver.[1]
  • 1858
    • September 24: A group of squatters draw up an agreement to found the St. Charles Town Association in what is now downtown Denver.[2]
    • November 1: The settlement of Auraria, Kansas Territory founded in the low ground near the confluence of the Platte and Cherry Creek.[3]
    • November 22: Denver City founded east of Cherry Creek as a rival to Auraria, displacing the St. Charles Association.[4][2]
  • 1859
    • The first burial ground, the Mount Prospect Cemetery (later called the Old Denver City Cemetery) was established.[5]
    • John C. Moore becomes mayor.[6]
    • April 23: Rocky Mountain News begins publication.[7]
    • May 7: First stagecoaches of the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Stage Company arrive in Denver.[8]
    • October 3: The first school, a private institution founded by O.J. Goldrick, opens for classes in Auraria on 12th Street between Market and Larimer Streets.[9]
  • 1860
    Illustration of Denver in 1860
    • Population of the City: 4,749[10]
    • Construction of the first canal called, the "Big Ditch", to deliver water to the city begun by the Capitol Hydraulic Company.[11]
    • January – Denver Police Department established by Mayor Moore, replacing Denver Marshals.[12]
    • April 6: Moonlight ceremony on Larimer Street bridge over Cherry Creek unites Auraria with Denver City.[1]
    • May 18: Barney Ford, who later became an important civil rights activist, arrives in Denver for the first time.[13]
    • July – Clark, Gruber & Co. a privately owned gold brokerage and mint, produces the first coins in Colorado.[14]
    • September – "People's Government" formed in the Apollo Hall Saloon in Larimer Square.[15]
    • October 6: James Gordon executed by hanging for the drunken murder of German immigrant Jacob Gantz by order of the "People's Court" and Alexander Cameron Hunt presiding as judge.[16]
  • 1861
    • Denver City becomes part of Colorado Territory.
    • November 19: "People's Government" of Denver replaced by the territorial government.[17]
  • 1863
    • Telegraph begins operating.[18]
    • April 19: Fire destroys much of Downtown and results in laws requiring new buildings to be made of brick.[19][20]
  • 1864
    Flood on Cherry Creek 19 May 1864
  • 1867
    • Colorado Tribune newspaper begins publication.[25]
    • Platte Water Company finishes the "Big Ditch" to provide Denver with water, terminating in Smith Lake in what is today Washington Park.[11]
    • December – Legislature of Colorado Territory votes to relocate to Denver City from Golden City.[26]
  • 1868
  • 1870
  • 1871
    Horse tram to Cook's Addition in 1891
    • December 17: Denver Horse Railroad the first rail transit service begins operating, changing its name in the next year to the Denver City Railway Co.[31]
  • 1873 – Palace Theater, a gambling and entertainment establishment, opened by Ed Chase.[32]
  • 1875 – East High School opens as part of the Arapahoe School.[33]
  • 1876
  • 1878
    Evans Chapel c. 1880–1890
  • 1879
    • Typhoid fever outbreak sickens more than 600 residents and kills at least 40. First of six significant outbreaks that occur through 1896 due to contaminated water.[36]
    • February 24: first telephone exchange in city opens, one of the first 25 in the world.[37]
    • July 11: State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado, later History Colorado headquartered in Denver.[38]
    • September 1: Delivery of mail to addresses starts in Denver with six mail carriers.[39]

1880 to 1899

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  • 1880
    The Denver Club in 1890
    • Population of the City: 35,629
      50th most populous US city. First time in 100 most populous cities in the US.[40]
    • Denver Club, a private gentleman's club founded by leading wealthy residents.[41]
  • 1881
    Tabor Grand Opera House, c. 1888
  • 1882
    • High Line Canal opens to provide water to agricultural areas south of Denver.[45]
    • February 18: Purchase of land for City Park approved by Denver City Council.[46]
    • December – Colorado Scientific Society founded in Denver, not incorporated until January 1885.[38]
  • 1883
    • First St. Patrick's Day parade organized by Father Joseph P. Carrigan.[47]
    • Second City Hall completed.[48]
    • Arapahoe County Courthouse completed on 16th and Tremont Streets. It served until 1902 when Denver was separated from the county.[49]
  • 1884
  • 1885
    • November – Mercantile Library, a predecessor of the Public Library, opened by the Denver Chamber of Commerce.[52]
  • 1886
  • 1887
    • College of the Sacred Heart (later renamed Regis University) relocates to Denver.[58]
    • February 28: Congress votes to establish an army base near Denver, later named Fort Logan, due to the petitioning of the citizens of the city.[59]
  • 1889
    • Construction of the Boston Building, Denver's first modern office building begins.[60]
    • Denver Athletic Club's historic clubhouse is built.[61]
    • July 30: Soapy Smith assaults and injures Rocky Mountain News editor John Arkins. The News declares a crusade to rid Denver of the bad man, which took a decade to complete.[62]
    • November: Permission granted to Citizens' Water Company to go into competition with the established Denver Water Company to build a system to provide water to the city.[63]
  • 1890
    Poster for Elitch Gardens
    • Population of the City: 106,713
      26th most populous US city.[40]
    • Mount Prospect, the Denver City Cemetery, closed to further burials.[64]
    • April 8: Construction of the Masonic Temple begins at 16th and Welton Streets.[65]
    • May 1: Elitch Gardens amusement venue opens.[66]
  • 1891
  • 1892
    • The Denver Post newspaper begins publication as the Evening Post.[25]
    • January: The competing town of Brooklyn incorporated an area inside the town of Colfax setting up a six month fight that was ultimately won by the town of Colfax.[68]
    • August 12: Brown Palace Hotel opens.[69]
  • 1893
    • Denver's oldest continuously operating restaurant, the Buckhorn Exchange opens under the name "The Rio Grande Exchange".[70]
    • Denver government orders all bodies to be removed from the old City Cemetery.[71]
    • Denver Artist Club, which later became the Denver Art Museum founded.[72]
    • June – Silver prices fall from $1.05 per ounce to 83¢ per ounce, starting the Denver Depression.[73]
    • July
      • 18: Six Denver banks fail.[73]
      • 19: Three more banks suspend payments.[73]
  • 1894
    Colorado State Capitol c. 1901-1902
    • Citizens' Water Company purchases and merges with rival taking the new name, the Denver Union Water Company.[74]
    • February 7: South Denver annexed by the city.[75]
    • Colorado State Capitol building complete, Governor Davis Hanson Waite moves his office to the building.[54]
    • March 15: Governor Waite orders state militiamen to march on Denver City Hall to remove the Police and Fire Commissioners in what became known as the City Hall War.[76]
  • 1895
  • 1896 – Denver Zoo founded because of the gift of an orphan bear to Mayor Thomas S. McMurray.[78]
  • 1898
  • 1899
Downtown Denver in 1898 photograph taken from state capitol towards 16th Street

1900s

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Crystalline gold from Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Colorado.

1900 to 1919

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1920 to 1939

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1940 to 1959

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1960 to 1979

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Denver Mile High Stadium postcard (c. 1970s-1980s)

1980 to 1999

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Republic Plaza is a skyscraper in Denver, Colorado. Rising 717 feet (219 m), the building currently stands as the tallest building in the city of Denver.

2000s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Jokić and Murray with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy
Nuggets players celebrating during parade
Denver Nuggets victory parade



See also

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