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Golddust and Traildust
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Time:
2 hours
Meet at: 16th Street Mall & Arapahoe information kiosk
Cost: $20/adult, $10/child (12-18 years old)
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Denver History Tours
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Walk back in time and relive Denver’s
glory days as mining camp, frontier crossroads, supply center, and Wall
Street of the West. Prepare to be regaled by stories of boom town conditions,
Indian wars, lawlessness, and frontier justice.
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This tour begins on the 16th Street Mall, a modern Denver landmark, and travels to Union
Station. Along the way, we will visit Denver’s birthplace—Lower Downtown
(LoDo). We continue along Cherry Creek, where the discovery of the first
gold nuggets set off the Rush of 1859. The tour will go by Denver’s historic
train depot, Union Station, which brought thousands to Denver seeking
their fortune, and visit Denver’s historic main street-turned-entertainment
district, Larimer Square.
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Victorian Denver
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Time: 2 hours
Meet at: 16th Street Mall & Glenarm information kiosk
Cost: $20/adult, $10/child (12 - 18 years old)
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Denver History Tours
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Visit the sites that made turn-of-the-century
Denver the grandest city between St. Louis and San Francisco, from the
Brown Palace, to the state Capitol, to the Byers-Evans House via the
Civic Center Park.
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Our first stop is the Brown Palace Hotel, where dignitaries from U.S. Presidents to
the Beatles have stayed in luxury. We will walk across the street to the
Navarre, the notorious brothel with underground tunnels to the Brown Palace,
so patrons would not be seen from the street. The next stop will be the
Colorado State Capitol, which epitomized Victorian ideals in its architecture
and refinement. From there, we will visit the stately Byers-Evans House,
and stroll through the grandeur of Civic Center Park.
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Lily of the Valley
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Time: 2 hours
Meet at: Littleton Downtown Lightrail Station
Cost: $20/person
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Denver History Tours
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Littleton! Come take a walk around this charming town and discover its
origins as a village south of "Denver City." Find out
what the Merry Pickle Co. and the Rough and Ready Mill
had to do with Littleton's success, and who were the
people willing to brave drought, deprivation and
danger to create a town. We'll talk about the charm
of 19th century small town life --- and some of its
scandals!
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Take the lightrail or drive to the
Littleton Downtown Lightrail Station. We'll start at
the depot, where folks have been meeting up for over
130 years!
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Time: 2 hours
Meet at: 16th Street Mall & Arapahoe information kiosk
Cost: $25/adult, $10/child (12 - 18 years old)
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
For more information, email
Denver History Tours
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Hear about the most notorious saloons and bordellos in Denver history!
We will visit Larimer Square, once the seediest skid row in Denver.
We will continue on to Market Street, named for the flesh market that proliferated there,
and enter the infamous home of famed Madame Mattie Silks, where patrons could once upon a time
get tokens "good for one screw."
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From the D&F Tower at Arapahoe and 16th, this tour takes in Larimer Square,
the blood-red Cruise Room with art deco history far from politically correct,
Mattie's lovingly restored House of Mirrors, before ending at the Wynkoop
Brewery, home of the best beer in Denver, for free samples of their home
brewed best!
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Time: 2 hours
Meet at: outside the Brown Palace Hotel,
Tremont entrance, across from the Navarre
Cost: $20/adult, $10/child (12 - 18 years old)
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Denver History Tours
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Come see the homes of Denver's spooks and spectres. This tour focuses on the historic mansions
of Capitol Hill, as well as the capitol itself. We don't get to go in any
of them, but this tour is guaranteed to give you the creeps, whether day
or night.
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This tour starts
outside the Brown Palace Hotel, Tremont entrance, across from the Navarre.
From there, we'll walk to the capitol, and into Capitol Hill,
returning you to where you began for the end of the tour.
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Photo by Minka ©2006
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Time: 1 and 1/2 hours
Meet at: the corner of 7th and Santa Fe, at the Byers-Branch Library.
Cost: $20/adult, $10/child (12 - 18 old)
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Denver History Tours
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The Arts District on Santa Fe, known for its galleries and trendy
combination of new and old, now includes a walking tour designed to highlight
the history of one of Denver's oldest neighborhoods, and links these
simple beginnings with the dynamic avenue of today. Learn about three
different eras in the timeline of Santa Fe; 1887, 1927 and today.
There's more than just paints and pastels to Santa Fe ...take the Denver's
Art District on Santa Fe Tour and learn about the stories beneath the stucco.
Join us the first Friday of each month for the Art District's "First
Friday" event, during which the Denver's Art District on Santa Fe Tour is only $5
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Start your walk
at the southeast corner 6th and Santa Fe and continue north to 11th Avenue.
Your tour includes various stops along the street including buildings
once used as Safeway, Woolworths, JC Penney, and the still existing Santa
Fe Theatre. Tour lasts approximately 1 hour with additional time for gallery
viewing.
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Time: 2 hours
Cost: $20/adult, $10/child (12 - 18 old)
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Denver History Tours
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Is the history of women in Denver just for women? Absolutely
not! Come discover the 'weaker' sex that made Denver proud --- and
made it blush. Women ventured out of the home, across the prairie,
up the mountains, and into our history. This tour lets you in on the
secrets of what they wore --- or didn't, what they cooked, where they went,
and what they did, and what the men thought about it all. Come meet
the noble and notorious women of Denver, from Chipeta, the Ute woman who
negotiated for peace, to Mattie Silks, the madam who negotiated for sex.
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Start your walk at the Colfax and Auraria Lightrail station, by the "Colorado" sign,
walk through Lodo and finish up at the historic Oxford hotel.
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Time: depending on tour
Cost: depending on tour
Call to schedule this tour: 720.234.7929
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Interested in touring Denver's infill projects? Want
to get to know the city and learn about its urban
redevelopment scene? Denver History Tours has teamed
up with DenverInfill to provide informative walking or
driving tours of central Denver with a real estate
development and urban planning focus. Whether you
want to see the latest Downtown Denver developments,
the urban infill projects of a certain type or size,
or just want to find the right center city
neighborhood in which to locate your home or business,
Denver History Tours and DenverInfill
can help.
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For more information, email
or call Kevin at 720.234.7929
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