Who’s buried in Buffalo Bill’s grave? It sounds like a trick question. However, there are some people up in Cody, Wyo., who would have you believe that the body resting in the beautiful gravesite on top of Lookout Mountain, high above the town of Golden, Colo., doesn’t really belong to William F…
Don’t call her “Molly.” At least, not if you want to be historically accurate. Margaret Tobin Brown didn’t ever go by the name Molly during her lifetime. It was after her death in 1932 that tabloids inaccurately portrayed her as the unsophisticated…
Heavy red velvet curtains frame the entrance to the small, chapel-like room. It’s only 2:30 p.m., but the four wooden pews are filled almost to capacity. The crowd turns expectantly as a man enters and strides to the front of the room. “This is our…
What does one do with an empty, one-acre parking garage rooftop? If you’re Denver Botanic Gardens, you cover it, edge to edge, in a living, thriving garden (naturally). In so doing, Denver Botanic Gardens established the Mordecai Children’s Garden in…
What are those dark, hulking, hump-backed beasts just off Interstate 70 on the way to Colorado’s ski country? Your eyes do not deceive you. There are indeed two to three dozen buffalo (or American bison, technically speaking) roaming the grasslands…
Tattered Cover Book Store is a literary hero and beacon in the Denver community. As an independent bookstore, it stands out in a world of chain-owned retailers with its five locations across the city, plus shops in the concourses at Denver…
When “Papa” Jack Weil opened Rockmount Ranch Wear Mfg. Co. on Wazee Street in 1946, he aimed to create stylish clothing for the Western lifestyle. He knew that these guys had no desire to look like the city slickers back East and recognized there was…
In February 1964, the Beatles played on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and conquered America overnight. Their hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand” sold 1.5 million copies in one week. By August, the world’s first major rock ’n’ roll tour was put together…
The numbers for all large cats have dropped significantly in the last century and the Amur leopard is among the closest to extinction. There are differing reports as to just how many of them remain in the wild. As of 2014, there were less than 50…
When Denver Union Station was renovated to the tune of $54 million in 2014, the driving force was preservation. Architects and builders aimed to recoup the opulence and glory of the Western transportation hub designed in 1914. One of the focal points…
