Denver, Colorado, USA
1916

Denver, the capital and chief commercial city of Colorado, and county-seat of Denver co., is situated on both sides of the South Platte River at an elevation of 5270 feet. It is an important railway-centre, being situated on the Union Pacific, the Denver and Rio Grande and several other railroads, 639 miles W. by N. of Kansas City. Lat. of Chamberlin Observatory, 39° 40' 36" N. ; Lon. 104° 56' 55" W. It has a dry, healthful climate ; mean annual temperature, 49° ; annual rainfall, about 15 inches. The site of the city, which is frequently designated the "Queen City of the Plains," slopes gently buck from either bank of the river and commands a beautiful view of the Rocky Mountain range, with Pike's Peak on the S. and Long's Peak on the N. The city is handsomely and regularly laid out and contains numerous substantial buildings and private residences, including an imposing state capitol, erected at a cost of $2,500,000, county court-house, customs- and post- offices, mining exchange, chamber of commerce, art museum, a branch of the national mint, university, etc. Among the educational institutions other than the University of Denver (founded in 1864), are the College of the Sacred Heart, the Baptist Female College, Wolfe Hall, and the public library, containing upward of 80,000 volumes. The City Park, covering upward of 300 acres, has a zoo logical garden, museum, etc. Denver is the chief supply- centre for the agricultural, stock-raising and mining regions of Colorado and New Mexico, and in the vicinity are some of the most extensive smelting-works of the country, the value of ore treated by which amounts to $20,000,000- $25,000,000 annually. Denver has also important manufacturing industries, which comprise canning and packing, manufactures of iron, steel, gloss, paper, shoes, flour, cotton and woollen goods, etc. The city contains the car-shops of the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado and Southern Rs. Denver is the emporium of the rich gold- and silver- mining districts of the state, and also the chief centre of the coal trade. It was first settled in 1858. Pop. in 1870, 4749 ; in 1880, 35,629 ; in 1890, 106,713 ; in 1900, 133,859.

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