Baby Doe Tabor was born Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt in September of 1854 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. By all accounts, Elizabeth "Baby Doe" McCourt was a beautiful and outgoing child.Around the age of 22, Elizabeth "Baby Doe" McCourt met and married Harvey Doe. Shortly after they were married, the co
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11/11/2010
Sometimes you just get a craving for the Best Gyros in Denver. When that happens to me, I head down to Pete's Kitchen on the southwest corner of Colfax and Race. Pete's Kitchen is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So realistically, you can score the Best Gyros in Denver anytime that you're in
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11/08/2010
It's happened again! City workers have found human skeletal remains in Cheesman Park. This happens from time to time in Denver's Historic Cheeman Park. Cheesman Park used to be the site of Denver's former Prospect Cemetery. In 1861, the name was changed to Denver City Cemetery. By 1866, over
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11/08/2010
Alferd Packer, the Cannibal of Colorado, was one of the first names that I learned about when I first moved to Colorado. I went to college at the University of Denver and many of the students used Alferd Packer Day as a reason to get falling down drunk. Born in Pennsylvania in 1842, Alferd Pack
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11/06/2010
There are more than just a few colorful characters in Denver history and Frank Bonfils is most certainly one of them! Born in Missouri in 1860, Frank Gilmer Bonfils claimed to be of Corsican descent. In fact, Frank Bonfils' father, "Americanized" the family name from Buonfiglio to Bonfils.Fran
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11/05/2010
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it 2010? Didn't we just celebrate the coming of the new millennium just 10 short years ago? Were we not heralding the
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11/02/2010
The Wood-Morris-Bonfils House is located at 707 Washington Street in the 7th Avenue Historic District of Denver. Designed by architects Maurice Biscoe and Henry Hewitt in the Italian Renaissance Style, the Wood-Morris-Bonfils House was built in 1908 for mining and railroad magnet Guilford S. Woo
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11/01/2010
I have mentioned William Lang in several previous blogs. I thought that a little bit of history regarding William Lang was in order. William Lang is one of Denver's most recognized architects. A testament to his standing in Denver was the fact that Mrs. Louise Hill, of the sacred 36, listed Wi
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11/01/2010
