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56 unusual facts about Denver


1997 Winchester 400

Parker, Jr. of Denver, North Carolina, passed Wayne Anderson on the 348th circuit and bagged $13,975 for the victory.

2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver

It was the first Champ Car event in Denver since a 1991 street course event in Denver's Civic Center.

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976, after Denver returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).

Auraria

Auraria, Denver, a former territorial capital, now a neighborhood in Colorado

Baseball Ontario

While living in Denver, Colorado, he wrote of his recollections that the match was played on a square field in a pasture.

Bhubaneswar Behera

He was trained in model studies and dam construction in Denver, Colo.

Caroline M. Nichols Churchill

In 1879, she founded the first feminist newspaper in Denver called the Colorado Antelope, lately known as the Queen Bee.

Charles Heidsieck

It turned out that the deeds were of land that accounted for a third of a small village known as Denver, which was to soon to blossom into one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the American West.

Charles W. Waterman

He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor in 1889, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Denver.

Club Disney

Three more Club Disney locations were also built in 1999, including one at 56th Street and Ray Road in Chandler, Arizona, and 75th Avenue and Bell Road in Glendale, Arizona, both suburbs of Phoenix, as well as one in Lone Tree, Colorado, near Park Meadows Mall, south of Denver.

Comic Book Classroom

Comic Book Classroom, based in Denver, Colorado, is a nonprofit organization that educates in the areas of literacy and arts through alternative approaches to learning and character development.

Denver Pioneers men's basketball

The Denver Pioneers men's basketball team represents the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Denver sandwich

A Denver sandwich, also known as a Western sandwich, consists of a Denver omelette (consisting of at least ham, onion, green pepper, and scrambled eggs), sandwiched between two pieces of bread.

Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad

On the western side of the pass, a small spur of the main connected to Buena Vista, then traversed the southern end of the Sawatch Range through the Alpine Tunnel to Pitkin and Gunnison.

Diacetyl

In 2012, Wayne Watson, a regular microwavable popcorn consumer for years, was awarded $7.27 million in damages from a federal jury in Denver, which decided his lung disease was caused by the chemicals in microwave popcorn and that the popcorn's manufacturer, Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, and the grocery store that sold it should have warned him of its dangers.

Donald Evans

In 1975, Evans moved to Midland, Texas from Houston and began working on an oil rig for Tom Brown Inc., a large independent energy company now based in Denver.

Douglas, Massachusetts

Police Chief Patrick Foley of Douglas was elected Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), at the annual convention in Denver, Colorado, in 2009.

Ellen Buckley

She taught at the Mercy as well as the Hackley Hospital School of Nursing and was a director at the School of Nursing of the St. Anthony Hospital in Denver and lead the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego.

Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

In 1983 the three-part test created in the Castañeda v. Pickard was used to decide that a school district in Denver, Colorado, had participated in intentionally separating white students from Mexican-American students.

Financial Planning Association

Based in Denver, Colorado, FPA works with academic leaders, legislative and regulatory bodies, financial services firms and consumer interest organizations.

GreenStreet

The project is being developed by Texas Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Entertainment Development Group, who also developed the Denver Pavilions in Denver, Colorado.

Henry Perky

He returned to Denver and began distributing the biscuits from a horse-drawn wagon in an attempt to popularize the idea.

Sue followed from Wahoo later that same year and, in Denver, Colorado, she gave birth to their only surviving child, Scott Henry Perky (1880-?).

James Prohens

James Prohens, also known as Jaume Prohens i Bordoy, lived in Denver, (Colorado) for more than 50 years, where he was the parish priest of St. Cajetan's Church.

John C. Champion

John C. Champion (born October 13, 1923 in Denver, Colorado, USA, died October 3, 1994 in Tarzana, California, USA) was an American producer and screenwriter.

Jonah David Jang

He attended a course on Supply Operations Training (Logistics) in Denver, Colorado, United States and was promoted to Captain in 1972, Major in 1975 and Wing Commander in 1978, serving in most of the Nigerian air formations during this period.

Karl C. Schuyler

He graduated from the law school of the University of Denver in 1898, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Colorado Springs.

He resumed the practice of law in Denver and was struck by an automobile and fatally injured in New York City on July 17, 1933, and died two weeks later on July 31.

Lycée Saint Cricq

The high school organizes journeys to Denver in the United States for the European class; one year, the Americans go to France and the next, French people visit the United States.

Marcel Aubut

Aubut was President of the Nordiques when the team was sold to an American communications company and moved to Denver in 1995, becoming the Colorado Avalanche.

Mary MacPherran

Born prematurely in a suburb of Denver, Colorado, Mary MacPherran grew up scrawny and short-statured, inspiring a popular girl at school, Vanessa Ashwood, to nickname her "Skeeter" (a slang word for mosquito).

Michael Valiante

He won three races and led the points going into the final round in Denver, only to struggle in the race and lose the championship to Jon Fogarty.

Million Tree Initiative

Cities that are known to be currently involved in this initiative are: Los Angeles, New York City, Shanghai, Denver and London, Ontario.

Mining industry of Ghana

of Canada operated the Bogoso/Prestea, the Prestea Underground, and the Wassa gold mines; Gold Fields Ltd. of South Africa operated the Damang gold mine; and Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. held interest in the Ahafo and the Akyem gold properties.

Mitchell R. Morrissey

Mitchell R. "Mitch" Morrissey (born 1957) is the elected District Attorney of Colorado's Second Judicial District in Denver, Colorado.

Pisgah Grande

Dr. Yoakum had experienced a spiritual awakening and decided to devote his life to religious pursuits after a miraculous recovery from a carriage accident in 1895 in Denver.

Redbox

Redbox began in 2004, using re-branded kiosks manufactured and operated by Silicon Valley-based DVDPlay, at 140 McDonald's restaurants in their Denver and other test markets.

Roberts Field

United Express upgraded its CRJ 200 regional jet flights to Denver from weekend only to daily service and expanded operations to San Francisco from the EMB-120 to the larger jet CRJ 200.

Sculptural Pursuit

Sculptural Pursuit is a quarterly art/literary magazine published by Hammer & Pen Productions, a Denver, Colorado publishing company.

SS Kościuszko

During the German air raid on Denver, Norfolk, on 25 September, she was hit by two aerial bombs, but swift action by the crew prevented the ship from catching fire.

Standing Here – Live in Colorado

Standing Here – Live in Colorado is a selection of live recordings of concerts performed by Joe Cocker in Denver, Colorado on May 2, 1981.

Sunbird Airlines

Sunbird Airlines, "The Carolina Connection", was a United States airline founded in Denver, North Carolina on November 15, 1979.

Testube

However, there have been a handful of live performances, the first of which was in 1996 at Cafe Euphrates in Denver, CO.

The Berkshire Eagle

Founded in the early 1890s, The Eagle has been owned since 1995 by MediaNews Group of Denver, which publishes three other daily newspapers in Massachusetts and several others in western New England, including the other leading newspaper based in Berkshire County, the North Adams Transcript.

The Bride Collector

A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women and leaves a bridal veil at each crime scene.

The Probability Broach

Edward William "Win" Bear is a Ute Indian who works for the Denver Police Department in a version of the United States projected (by 1986) to be controlled by an anti-business, ecofascist faction complete with a new Federal Security Police (FSP, or "SecPol" as it is more commonly known) reminiscent of the Gestapo.

Thomas Chastain

Four married couples from Denver answered 39 of the 40 questions in the book correctly and won the $10,000 prize.

UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball

The win set up a semifinal match with Georgia Tech at McNichols Arena in Denver.

Wade Dubielewicz

Dubielewicz played at the University of Denver and as a junior in 2001–2002 lead his team to the NCAA tournament.

After tending goal for four years at the University of Denver, Dubielewicz was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Islanders on May 26, 2003.

We Be Clubbin'

He then shouts out cities to "show him love in the club": Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, St. Louis, Miami, New York City, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Denver, Washington, D.C. (explicit version only), Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas and New Orleans (clean version only).

West Montalvo Oil Field

Most of the field, both onshore and offshore, is operated by Venoco, Inc., an independent petroleum company based in Denver, with an office in Carpinteria.

Westdale Mall

Leasing duties were handed over to the Denver-based Frew Development Group as part of the sale.

William Francis Hillebrand

That year he was sent to Denver to establish a chemical laboratory for the Rocky Mountain Division of the Survey.

Worldwide Partners

Worldwide Partners, Inc., (WPI), headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, is the world's largest network of owner-operated, independent advertising agencies with over $3,9 billion in advertising billings under management.

WSOC-FM

In 1980, Bob Call took the job as Program Director at KYGO Denver and WSOC-FM hired Bill Dollar as its morning host.


1976 Winter Olympics

Denver officially withdrew on November 15, and the IOC then offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections.

1986 Stanley Cup playoffs

This would happen again the following year and in 1999, by which time 3 of those teams had moved, the Quebec Nordiques to Denver, the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, and the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh, North Carolina.

Albert Collins

In November 1971 the Denver label Tumbleweed, which had been newly created by Larry Ray and Bill Szymczyk, released the Collins album There's Gotta Be A Change; it was the labels first official release.

Annie's Song

Denver "wrote this song in July 1973 in about ten-and-a-half minutes one day on a ski lift" to the top of Ajax Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, as the physical exhilaration of having "just skied down a very difficult run" and the feeling of total immersion in the beauty of the colors and sounds that filled all senses inspired him to think about his wife.

Apex Silver Mines

Apex Silver Mines, founded by Thomas Kaplan, from Denver, Colorado was a US-American transnational mining corporation with a tax haven address in the Cayman Islands.

Apollo D-2

Seeking professional recognition for their design work on the GE proposal, George Arthur and Jacob Abel publicly presented their papers documenting the GE D-2 design in December 1961 at a special symposium of the American Astronautical Society in Denver, Colorado.

Burlingame Daily News

After McClatchy's acquisition of Knight Ridder in early 2006, all six Daily News editions, including the Burlingame Daily News, were bundled with the San Jose Mercury News and sold to MediaNews Group of Denver, Colorado.

Burnham Hoyt

He practiced as an architect during 1919-1955, and worked during his career as an architect with Denver architects Kidder and Wieger, with New York City architects George Post and Bertram Goodhue, and during 1919-1933 with his Denver-based brother Merrill Hoyt as Hoyt and Hoyt.

Christians for Biblical Equality

Beginning in 1989, CBE has presented international conferences—three-day events consisting of plenary sessions and workshops in such U.S. cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota, Winter Park, Colorado, Wheaton, Illinois, San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida, Dallas, Texas Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado, Toronto, Canada, and St. Louis, Missouri.

David Cornwall

Returning to Denver, he worked a systems engineer for United Airlines while performing for the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra (then known as the Denver Businessmen's Orchestra) and studying under its conductor, Antonia Brico.

Demographics of Denver

The current Denver mayor, Michael Hancock, elected in 2011, is also African-American, as are city councilwoman Allegra "Happy" Haynes and Denver police chief Robert C. White.

Edgar Kaiser

Edgar Kaiser, Jr (1942–2012), financier and owner of the Denver Broncos football team

Electronic News

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo.

Erik Bluemel

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2008, he clerked for the Honorable Barefoot Sanders in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the Honorable Kermit Edward Bye in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Excursion train

Since 1908 an excursion train has carried travelers between Denver, Colorado's Union Station and the Cheyenne Depot Museum to attend the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo event.

Food and Nutrition Service

It administers the programs through its headquarters (HQ) in Alexandria, VA; regional offices (ROs) in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US.

Gabriel Tiacoh

In the comedy sketch show Little Britain, Denver Mills (David Walliams) claims to have the silver medal won by Tiacoh at the 1984 Summer Olympics, however this is not mentioned in the show.

Guido Maus

beta pictoris gallery is also a supporting member of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver in Denver, Colorado and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado.

Henry F. May

Born in Denver, Colorado, he was reared in Berkeley, California and spent a formative year in Europe with his family as the youngest of three children.

Heritage College

Heritage College & Heritage Institute in Denver, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fort Myers, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, Falls Church, Virginia, Manassas, Virginia, and Wichita, Kansas

James Davison

After the Denver round he was dropped by the team for fellow Aussie Michael Patrizi.

James Mejia

James announced his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Denver in June 2010, when then-mayor, now current Governor, John Hickenlooper decided to pursue the governor’s office.

Mejía announced his candidacy to become the mayor of Denver in June 2010, succeeding Governor John Hickenlooper.

Jefferson Park, Denver

Views east from Jefferson Park take in Elitch Gardens Theme Park, The Children's Museum, Denver's Downtown Aquarium, Pepsi Center, the REI flagship store and other attractions in Downtown's Central Platte Valley.

Jesse Ceci

Mr. Ceci made many solo appearances including the Denver Chamber Orchestra, Royal Metropolitan Orchestra of Japan, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Municipal Band, The Mozart Festival in Whistler, British Columbia, Bach Carmel festival in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Colorado Music Festival, Minnesota Orchestra, Esterhazy Orchestra, New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Denver Symphony Orchestra as soloist in over thirty major works.

Joel Barnes

In college, he interned at KMGH-TV in Denver, and was an avid storm chaser throughout college, as well as, the treasurer of the American Meteorology Society at UNC.

Julie Rosen

Originally from Colorado, Rosen graduated from high school in Denver, and later graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Agronomy from Colorado State University.

JurusDiction

Remixing tracks from, Diana Ross, Rob Roy, and others paved the way for his branching out to cities outside Albuquerque, including El Paso, Denver, and Phoenix.

Kevin Fitzgerald

On summers off, he was hired by Tony Funches and Barry Fey to be a part of the (Denver based) Feyline Security Team and worked security for a wide variety of musical acts, such as Elvis Presley, The Who, Bob Marley, Willie Nelson, George Clinton, and The Rolling Stones.

KLPD

KLPD-LD, a low-power digital television station (channel 28) licensed to Denver, Colorado, United States

Mickey Vann

Mickey was the son of Hal Denver (a friend of Elvis Presley)-who once threw knives at John Major's mother-and the grandson of The Silver King, a showman with The Elephant Man among his sideshows.

Neil Cornrich

Cornrich represents a number NFL players, including Phil Dawson, Dallas Clark, Ted Ginn, Jr., and Montee Ball, the 2012 Doak Walker Award winner from the University of Wisconsin selected by the Denver Broncos in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Popeye Jones

During Popeye's tenure with Denver, he approached Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche about his son playing ice hockey.

Rod Machado

Due in part to his martial arts interest and speaking experience, he was featured as an analyst at the first Ultimate Fighting Championship, held in Denver, Colorado in 1993.

Slam Nuba

The team has performed in many places outside of poetry slam including an event hosted by Democracy Now, sharing a stage with Amy Goodman, opening for recording artists Les Nubians, sharing a stage with the hip-hop group Dead Prez, and at such local events as Denver's Black Arts Festival, The Poet As Muse, Club Reign, and Café Cultura.

The Best of John Denver

John Denver's Greatest Hits (also released as "The Best of John Denver"), a 1973 compilation

The National Crittenton Foundation

The foundation is affiliated with 22 member agencies operating across the country in urban and rural areas, including Baltimore; Boston; Charleston, South Carolina; Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; Knoxville, Tennessee; Orange County, California and Los Angeles, California; Peoria, Illinois; Philadelphia; Phoenix, Arizona, San Francisco, California; Sioux City, Iowa; Washington, D.C. and Wheeling, West Virginia.

The Potter's House Church, Dallas

As of 2010 the church had 30,000 members and four campuses in Dallas, Fort Worth, North Dallas and Denver.

Tracks to Telluride

The game is played on a map of southwestern Colorado between the cities of Denver, Grand Junction, Dolores and Trinidad.

University of Colorado School of Medicine

It occupies the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center located on a square mile of land eight miles east of downtown Denver at the junction of Interstate 225 and Colfax Avenue.

Victor Mitchell

Mitchell has also served on the boards of the Denver Metro Chamber and the Denver Better Business Bureau.

Wheel 2000

The tour visited a variety of major market cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., New York City, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, San Jose, and Anaheim.

White Springs Television

White Springs Television was seen on outlets including WANN-LD 32.4 in Atlanta (formerly on WYGA-LD 16.2); WWCG-LP in Columbus, Georgia; KFLA-LD Los Angeles; KDEO-LD Denver; KHPK-LP Denton, Texas; and KITL-LP Boise.

Willis Page

He was also the associate conductor in Buffalo, New York, where he conducted three quarters of all concerts and has been guest conductor for several orchestras including the Boston Pops Orchestra (seven times), Denver, St Louis, Rochester, Hartford, Muncie, Yomiuri, Toronto and Jerusalem.

Windsong Records

Windstar Records – originally known as Windsong Records, Colorado based record label responsible for releasing John Denver recordings.

Xi Zhang

"Xi Zhang -- a traveler to the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design,all the way from Kaifeng, China  •• brought with  him  an almost  uncanny.  fully  formed spirit of contemporary Chinese painting.  This small,tight,color-splashed show at Plus Gallery sealed the deal, reminding us  that  we  had  a  skilled genius in our midst."Susan Froyd  Twelve  Denver  arts flashbacks from 2012, Westword,Dec.