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Rebecca Dorward
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Author and Colorado Historian
Rebecca Dorward wrote the nomination for the original Park Hill historic district to the National Register of Historic Places. Contributing photographic research to this volume were historians Thomas Noel and Heather Peterson as well as the Greater Park Hill Neighborhood Association. These evocative vintage images were drawn from the Denver Public Library’s Western History Department, the Colorado Historical Society, the author’s collection, and other sources.
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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