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The circular design features an American eagle, reminding us that Denver is a free, American city. The key symbolizes Denver as the key to the Rocky Mountains, and represents the warmth and hospitality extended by Denver citizens to visitors. The capitol dome is included in the seal, as Denver is the capital of the state of Colorado.
Although Denver City was always the largest town in the Territory of Colorado since its recognition in 1861, and then the state, admitted to the union in 1876, there were always those in the state who opposed putting the capital in Denver. The first meeting of the Colorado territorial legislature, held in Denver in 1861, chose Colorado City ...
Three Colorado cities served as the capital of the Territory of Colorado: Denver City: from creation on February 28, 1861, until July 7, 1862. Colorado City: July 7 until August 14, 1862. Golden City: August 14, 1862 until December 9, 1867. Denver: [a] December 9, 1867 until statehood on August 1, 1876.
Denver is the least populous of the 13 U.S. cities with teams from four major sports.. The Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) have drawn crowds of over 70,000 since their AFL origins in the early 1960s at Mile High Stadium and continue to draw fans today to their current home Empower Field at Mile High.
In 1881, Ohio City was surveyed and platted. The following year, the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad was built through the town. After the collapse of the silver market in 1893 the community dwindled in population, [4] and by 1898, Ohio City was nearly deserted. [5]
Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip.The population was 2,478 at the 2020 census. [4] At least three Mormon fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there. [7]
A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ed Dwight is installed in Denver's City Park, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The memorial was installed in 2002, replacing another statue of King which was relocated to Pueblo. The Denver statue also features depictions of Frederick Douglass, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth. [1]
The flag of Denver is the official flag of the City and County of Denver in Colorado. It was designed by a North High School student, Margaret Overbeck, and adopted in 1926. A zigzag white stripe horizontally separates a red field below from a blue field above, in which is centered a yellow circle, together forming a stylized depiction of the ...