Just for Fun- Denver Trivia
It’s a lazy Sunday, so I thought I would share with you a little bit of Denver trivia.
1. The name of the red marble that gives the Colorado State Capitol its distinctive look is “Beulah red”. All of the “Beulah red” marble that was available went into this building. It cannot be replaced for any price. It took six years, from 1894-1900, to prepare and install the marble.
2. In 1893, Denver became the first large city in the world to allow women to vote.
3. Colfax Avenue, at 26 miles long, is the longest continuous street in America.
4. With 205 parks, Denver is has the nation’s largest park system. The Denver Parks Department also maintains an additional 20,000 acres, its own buffalo herd and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
5. The population of Denver and its surrounding communities was recently estimated at 2,830,000. It’s the 23rd largest metropolitan area in the country.
6. The United States Denver Mint stamps as many as eight hundred coins a minute, or forty million coins a day. Doing a little more math, that means that more than eight billion coins are punched, bagged and shipped from Denver every year.
7. The cheeseburger was invented in Denver by Louis Ballast who owned a restaurant called the “Humpty Dumpty Barrel”. The trademark for the name was awarded to Ballast in 1935.
8. Denver is nicknamed the “Mile High City” because part of it sits one mile about sea level. The elevation is marked on the thirteenth step of the state capitol building.
9. Denver is the host city for the world’s largest rodeo, the National Western Stock Show. The show is held in January of every year.
10. The mountain panorama visible from Denver is 120 miles long. Two hundred peaks of the Rocky Mountains, including thirty-two peaks over 13,000 feet, can be seen from downtown Denver.
For more trivia, read Steven Grace’s book, It Happened in Denver, or visit the Colorado Visitors and Tourist Bureau.
I saw your kudos from the Tomato and checked out your blog. I loved the trivia and it inspired me to add Seattle Trivia to mine. Thanks!
Justin,
I thought it would be fun. Thanks for visiting.
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I’m feeling some Columbus trivia coming on….and I am hungry for a cheeseburger for some odd reason.
Maureen, Every time I look at that photo, it makes me hungry. Not good for the diet. I’ll keep an eye out for that Columbus trivia. So, what world famous food was invented in your part of the world?
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