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Waterdogs
West of Salida, the trail to Waterdog Lakes is steep. But dog-loving hikers should note: your canine companion is NOT what the lakes are named for.
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Louisville
In Kentucky it’s Louisville, named for French King Louis. But in Colorado, German-born engineer Louis Nawatny bought 40 acres in 1878, and named it after himself: Louisville.
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Blue River
The Blue River runs through the town of Breckenridge, though for most of the 20th century, you might not have known it.
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By Jon Pinnow
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Sgt. Geronimo
In Commerce City, you’ll find the grave of Sergeant Geronimo, a member of the 507th Paratroop Infantry Regiment. But this paratrooper was unlike any other. Geronimo was a stray dog.
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Central Flyway
Flying, flapping, flitting, gliding … the skies of Colorado are especially alive twice a year with birds making epic journeys.
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Ideal Building
Colossal buildings of reinforced concrete are commonplace today. But the first one west of the Mississippi was in downtown Denver, built in 1907.
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Mt. Sneffels
Mount Sneffels is one of Colorado’s most spectacular peaks and a photographer’s favorite. It’s the mountain on the face of the new Colorado driver’s license.
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Baking Soda
Whether you’re a baker or not, you probably have a box of baking soda at home. It’s a household multitasker.
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Glenwood Canyon
Millions of years ago, the Colorado river carved Glenwood Canyon. A narrow winding way with walls 1000 feet high, the canyon’s first human traffic made way on foot.
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Manitou Fruitcake Toss
Johnny Carson once declared, “There is only one fruitcake in the entire world. And people keep sending it to each other, every Christmas.”
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Ferris Wheels
You can’t picture an amusement park without a Ferris Wheel. The first one in Colorado came in 1908, with the opening of Lakeside Amusement Park.
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Cheesman Park
Before Cheesman was a popular Denver park, it was a cemetery. A largely neglected cemetery for outlaws, the poor and the diseased.
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Swink
“Swink” is an archaic word. Find it in literature from the Middle Ages, like The Vision of Piers Plowman: “In sweat and swink thou shalt earn thy meat.”
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Hotel de Paris
In the 1880s, if you were Somebody, the place to be was the Hotel de Paris, in Georgetown, Colorado.
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