The following is atimeline of thehistory of the city ofDenver ,Colorado , United States, from its founding in 1858 to the present.
1857Summer: Mexican gold miners create small settlement at about present day Alameda Avenue on theSouth Platte River in what is now Denver.[ 1] 1858September 24: A group of squatters draw up an agreement to found the St. Charles Town Association in what is now downtown Denver.[ 2] November 1: The settlement ofAuraria ,Kansas Territory founded in the low ground near the confluence of the Platte andCherry Creek .[ 3] November 22: Denver City founded east of Cherry Creek as a rival to Auraria, displacing the St. Charles Association.[ 4] [ 2] 1859The first burial ground, the Mount Prospect Cemetery (later called the Old Denver City Cemetery) was established.[ 5] John C. Moore becomes mayor.[ 6] April 23:Rocky Mountain News [ 7] May 7: First stagecoaches of theLeavenworth and Pike's Peak Stage Company arrive in Denver.[ 8] October 3: The first school, a private institution founded by O.J. Goldrick, opens for classes in Auraria on 12th Street between Market and Larimer Streets.[ 9] 1860Illustration of Denver in 1860 Population of the City: 4,749[ 10] Construction of the first canal called, the "Big Ditch", to deliver water to the city begun by the Capitol Hydraulic Company.[ 11] January –Denver Police Department established by Mayor Moore, replacing Denver Marshals.[ 12] April 6: Moonlight ceremony on Larimer Street bridge over Cherry Creek unites Auraria with Denver City.[ 1] May 18:Barney Ford , who later became an important civil rights activist, arrives in Denver for the first time.[ 13] July –Clark, Gruber & Co. a privately owned gold brokerage and mint, produces the first coins in Colorado.[ 14] September – "People's Government" formed in the Apollo Hall Saloon in Larimer Square.[ 15] October 6: James Gordon executed by hanging for the drunken murder of German immigrant Jacob Gantz by order of the "People's Court" andAlexander Cameron Hunt presiding as judge.[ 16] 1861Denver City becomes part ofColorado Territory . November 19: "People's Government" of Denver replaced by the territorial government.[ 17] 1863Telegraph begins operating.[ 18] April 19: Fire destroys much of Downtown and results in laws requiring new buildings to be made of brick.[ 19] [ 20] 1864Flood on Cherry Creek 19 May 1864 1867Colorado Tribune newspaper begins publication.[ 25] Platte Water Company finishes the "Big Ditch" to provide Denver with water, terminating in Smith Lake in what is todayWashington Park .[ 11] December – Legislature ofColorado Territory votes to relocate to Denver City fromGolden City .[ 26] 1868 1870 1871Horse tram to Cook's Addition in 1891 December 17: Denver Horse Railroad the first rail transit service begins operating, changing its name in the next year to the Denver City Railway Co.[ 31] 1873 – Palace Theater, a gambling and entertainment establishment, opened by Ed Chase.[ 32] 1875 –East High School opens as part of the Arapahoe School.[ 33] 1876 1878Evans Chapelc. 1880–1890 1879Typhoid fever outbreak sickens more than 600 residents and kills at least 40. First of six significant outbreaks that occur through 1896 due to contaminated water.[ 36] February 24: first telephone exchange in city opens, one of the first 25 in the world.[ 37] July 11: State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado, laterHistory Colorado headquartered in Denver.[ 38] September 1: Delivery of mail to addresses starts in Denver with six mail carriers.[ 39] 1880The Denver Club in 1890 Population of the City: 35,629[ 40] Denver Club, a private gentleman's club founded by leading wealthy residents.[ 41] 1881Tabor Grand Opera House,c. 1888 1882High Line Canal opens to provide water to agricultural areas south of Denver.[ 45] February 18: Purchase of land forCity Park approved by Denver City Council.[ 46] December – Colorado Scientific Society founded in Denver, not incorporated until January 1885.[ 38] 1883FirstSt. Patrick's Day parade organized by Father Joseph P. Carrigan.[ 47] Second City Hall completed.[ 48] Arapahoe County Courthouse completed on 16th and Tremont Streets. It served until 1902 when Denver was separated from the county.[ 49] 1884 1885November – Mercantile Library, a predecessor of the Public Library, opened by the Denver Chamber of Commerce.[ 52] 1886 1887College of the Sacred Heart (later renamedRegis University ) relocates to Denver.[ 58] February 28: Congress votes to establish an army base near Denver, later namedFort Logan , due to the petitioning of the citizens of the city.[ 59] 1889Construction of theBoston Building , Denver's first modern office building begins.[ 60] Denver Athletic Club 's historic clubhouse is built.[ 61] July 30:Soapy Smith assaults and injuresRocky Mountain News editor John Arkins.The News declares a crusade to rid Denver of the bad man, which took a decade to complete.[ 62] November: Permission granted to Citizens' Water Company to go into competition with the established Denver Water Company to build a system to provide water to the city.[ 63] 1890Poster for Elitch Gardens Population of the City: 106,713[ 40] Mount Prospect, the Denver City Cemetery, closed to further burials.[ 64] April 8: Construction of theMasonic Temple begins at 16th and Welton Streets.[ 65] May 1:Elitch Gardens amusement venue opens.[ 66] 1891 1892The Denver Post [ 25] January: The competing town of Brooklyn incorporated an area inside the town of Colfax setting up a six month fight that was ultimately won by the town of Colfax.[ 68] August 12:Brown Palace Hotel opens.[ 69] 1893Denver's oldest continuously operating restaurant, theBuckhorn Exchange opens under the name "The Rio Grande Exchange".[ 70] Denver government orders all bodies to be removed from the old City Cemetery.[ 71] Denver Artist Club, which later became theDenver Art Museum founded.[ 72] June – Silver prices fall from $1.05 per ounce to 83¢ per ounce, starting theDenver Depression .[ 73] July18: Six Denver banks fail.[ 73] 19: Three more banks suspend payments.[ 73] 1894Colorado State Capitolc. 1901-1902 Citizens' Water Company purchases and merges with rival taking the new name, the Denver Union Water Company.[ 74] February 7:South Denver annexed by the city.[ 75] Colorado State Capitol building complete, GovernorDavis Hanson Waite moves his office to the building.[ 54] March 15: Governor Waite orders state militiamen to march on Denver City Hall to remove the Police and Fire Commissioners in what became known as the City Hall War.[ 76] 1895 1896 –Denver Zoo founded because of the gift of an orphan bear to MayorThomas S. McMurray .[ 78] 1898 1899 Downtown Denver in 1898 photograph taken from state capitol towards 16th Street Crystalline gold from Farncomb Hill, nearBreckenridge, Colorado . 1900Population of the City: 133,859[ 40] May 3: Spring flood overtops the still under construction Cheesman Dam, flooding low lying areas ofLittleton at about 1:00 in the afternoon and sweeping away all but the foundations of the dam.[ 83] December 6:Denver Museum of Nature and Science incorporated as the Colorado Natural History Museum.[ 84] 1902 1903Denver Juvenile Court established.[ 88] July – What will become the east wing of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Completed in City Park.[ 84] 1904 1905May 9: Water reaches the spillway of theCheesman Dam . Constructed by the Denver Union Water Company, on the South Platte River, it is the city's first mountain water reservoir and the tallest in the world at the time of completion.[ 91] Mayor Speer starts tree planting program.[ 92] 1906 1908Colorado Museum of Natural History, 1908 1910 1911 1912 1913August 27: Official opening of the first two Denver Mountain Parks, Genesee Park andLookout Mountain Park . Though officially the land in Genesee Park is purchased the next month.[ 109] 1915 1916 1918 1920Photograph of crowd during the Denver streetcar strike Population of the City & County: 256,491[ 40] Fitzsimmons Army Hospital built.[ 117] August:Streetcar strike kills seven, ending with federal soldiers placing the city under martial law.[ 118] 1922 1923 1927Merchants Biscuit Company joins together with several other companies to form United Biscuit Company of America, the predecessor of theKeebler Company .[ 123] Molly Brown purchases the cottage the formerly belongedEugene Field and has it moved to Washington Park for preservation.[ 124] 1929 1930 1932 1933August 3: At about 5:00 in the morning theCastlewood Dam collapsed sending floodwaters into Denver.[ 129] 1934 1938 1939 – The Pit, the first gay bar in Denver opens.[ 133] 1940Population of the City & County: 322,412[ 40] 1941Red Rocks Amphitheatre photographed from the air, 1941 1942 1944 1947J. Quigg Newton defeats incumbent Mayor Stapleton, becoming the first Mayor born in the city and Denver's youngest mayor to date.[ 137] 1948 1950Population of the City & County: 415,786[ 40] To improve the Denver Zoological Foundation formed to better manage theDenver Zoo .[ 139] June 3 – Final day of service by theDenver Tramway street trollies.[ 140] 1951 1952 1955 – The Inter-County Regional Planning Commission, predecessor to theDenver Regional Council of Governments , formed.[ 144] 1956 Denver Mile High Stadium postcard (c. 1970s-1980s) 1980Population of the City & County: 492,365[ 40] 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 –Denver Urban Gardens nonprofit andAvenue Theater established. 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Republic Plaza is a skyscraper in Denver, Colorado. Rising 717 feet (219 m), the building currently stands as the tallest building in the city of Denver. 2010 2011 2012 2015February 7: Denver Broncos winSuper Bowl 50 , their third championship. 2020Population of the City & County: 715,522 August 5:Diol-Beye family murders , where 5 members of a family died in an arson.[ 207] 2021 2023 Nuggets players celebrating during parade
Denver Nuggets victory parade
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