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Rebecca Dorward
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Author and Colorado Historian
Rebecca Dorward is an Aurora resident, local historian and Author.
Rebecca’s most recent book is a local history of the Park Hill neighborhood, located just east of downtown Denver was published by Arcadia Publishing in July 2010.
Her first book, Aurora: First Sun of Colorado presents the reader with a lively look at the events and characters that shaped this city’s development. Anecdotes and previously unpublished photos, many from her personal collection, show the reader many sites and structures long gone.
The author’s thoughtful treatment of the preservation issues facing the community is one of the bright spots of this book.
Barbara Gibson, local historian
BY BARBARA GIBSON THE CITY OF AURORA traces its beginnings to 1891, but its emergence as Colorado’s third largest city began at the end of World War II. In 1891 Donald K. Fletcher, a Denver real estate tycoon, founded the town of Fletcher. In 1893, after losing his fortune in the silver crash, Fletcher disappeared, leaving the town’s few settlers with bond obligations for nonexistent water. The hoodwinked townspeople renamed the town Auror...
It was a very hot day to be signing books, but wonderful to meet so many great people interested in the History of the state of Colorado. Thanks to everyone who came along....
Founded in 1879, History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society brings the unique character of Colorado's past to more than a million people each year through historical museums and highway markers, exhibitions, manuscript and photograph collections, popular and scholarly publications, historical and archaeological preservation services, and educational programs for children and adults. In short, the Society collects, preserves, and interpret...
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