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Downtown Alamosa has a rich history that you can experience while enjoying our downtown restaurants and shops! Just stop by the Colorado Welcome Center in Alamosa for your copy of our self-guided walking tour or download yours here: https://buff.ly/2RlQAPf #VisitAlamosa⠀
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#OnThisDay in 1881, Denver's Union Station opened. ⠀
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The railroad expansion was a key factor that helped build the city of Denver. To accommodate the growth, Denver needed a central station to help transfer passengers and freight between competing railroads.⠀
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After a fire in 1894, the present day building was completed in 1914 with wings from the original building. The new building exhibited the Beaux Arts style. The addition of the iconic Welcome Arch, also known as the “Mitzpah Arch,” was added in 1906 and was a symbol that greeted travelers until it was removed in 1931 for traffic safety.⠀
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In recent years the Station received one of the largest historic tax credit projects in the state. Denverites and tourists enjoy the station as an epicenter in the Lower Downtown neighborhood and Union Station continues to stand as an iconic historic Denver landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places to prove it.⠀
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: 1900-1910, Union Station in Denver. 89.451.2768⠀
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Skiing, but for the summer time. ⛷️ : 1945, female model standing on a dock at Grand Lake, Colorado, taken by Fred Payne Clatworthy (1875-1953). The photo shows the woman, identified as "Ruth", wearing a two-piece bathing suit and holding a pair of water skis, which stand on end. .
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#OnThisDay “John Denver’s Rocky Mountain Reunion” was produced by Stouffer Enterprises.
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It was filmed in Colorado in 1978 and aired on the ABC television network on April 29, 1979.
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Directed and produced by Mark Stouffer, it featured Denver working with wildlife biologists to help release breeding pairs of endangered Colorado animals and birds.
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: 35mm color slide taken by Marty Stouffer (filmmaker) during the filming. John is holding a rope after the reintroduction of two trumpeter swans to the Rocky Mountains.
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. 2️⃣: Depicts a golden eagle taking flight from the gloved hand of John Denver as he stands in front of the glider that he flies in the special. .
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Four wallpapers, a painted ceiling, a weaving, a curtain and a cutting board
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Only two very well-off families ever lived in this house after its construction in 1883. The second family lived there until 1981 when the house and its contents were donated to the Colorado Historical Society. 90% of the furnishings belonged to the second family. It’s been re-staged to the 1912-1924 period
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The house’s garage is now the Center for Colorado Women’s History
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#OnThisDay in 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. Although the railroad would skip over Colorado, it helped drive railroad development to connect to the line from Denver to Cheyenne, WY.
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The Georgetown Loop Railroad was completed in 1884. It’s a narrow-gauge railroad that was considered an engineering marvel for its time. Over decades it evolved and helped connect Denver to Georgetown and beyond.
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: 1882-1900, View of a locomotive on the high bridge of the Georgetown Loop near Georgetown, Colorado.86.200.906
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Happy Mother's Day! ⠀
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The Aultman Studio was a commercial photographic studio that operated from 1889-2000 in Trinidad, Colorado. It is considered to be one of the longest running photography studios in Colorado. Oliver E. Aultman was a self taught photographer who is best known for his studio photographs.⠀
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: 1910, gelatin dry plate negative, Aultman Studio, Trinidad, CO; The Aultman Studio register identifies the individual who ordered the portrait as Harry O'Khiro. 2001.41.760⠀
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