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At the turn of the century, people sent holiday greetings for every occasion, including the Fourth of July
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By Rosemary Fetter he fledgling mining camp of Denver City/Auraria was less than a year old in 1859, yet droves of gold seekers were already on their way home. Disappointed that the Cherry Creek strike did not live up to advanced publicity, the remaining prospectors had little money but plenty of time to celebrate. As July Fourth approached, the Rocky Mountain News expressed the hope that “drunkenness or rowdiness will not be indulged in and we will not be called upon to report any shootings.” To keep celebrants in order, Marshal Tom Pollock and storekeeper “Uncle” Dick Wooten began Fourth of July festivities by leading a march through town. To the tune of Yankee Doodle, the odd assortment of whiskey-soaked miners, gamblers, hopeful merchants and earnest pioneers gathered at a cottonwood grove on the west bank of Cherry Creek. In lieu of a cannon salute, they placed two anvils together, filled the cavity with gunpowder and lit a match. The local agent for the Stage Company opened with a customary reading of The Declaration of Independence followed by a speech by James R. Shaffer, whose avalanche of words have been buried by time. According to the wry observations of onlooker Libeus Barney, the enthusiastic Mr. Shaffer “frequently wrapped himself in the Stars and Stripes – figuratively speaking, of course.” In a wild and patriotic flight of oratory, the speaker optimistically predicted a glorious future for the dusty little settlement, which he called, “the next San Francisco.” Settlers from Omaha provided the program’s finale, having brought their own brass instruments across the plains in a wagon. Followed by strains of The Star Spangled Banner and Hail Columbia, most of the crowd scattered to refresh themselves at one of the 31 surrounding saloons. A “benediction ball” at Independence Hall highlighted evening festivities, attended mostly by “sporting gentleman” – 50 males and seven females. By the following year, things looked brighter for the future Queen City of the Plains. Prospectors from
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At the turn of the century, people sent holiday greetings for every occasion, including the Fourth of July.
the Clear Creek mining camps joined Denverites for artillery salutes and a procession, and then assembled where Larimer Square and Writer’s Square now stand. As usual, the crowd was deluged by a torrent of oratory, although on the eve of the Civil War some friction arose between Southerners and the proUnion majority. Some of the pioneer women made a silk flag to be kept by the city until Colorado was admitted to the Union. Due to the Civil War, trouble with the Native Americans and the territory’s conflicting sentiments about statehood, this took another 16 years. In 1861, Denver finally acquired a real cannon, produced at the city’s first foundry by Augustine Langford and Joseph
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Marshall. Cast from ores mined in South Boulder, the little gun acquired a certain distinction as the only piece of heavy artillery in the West. Three years later, worried Denverites mounted it on a fortification to protect the city from possible attack by the Arapaho and Cheyenne. Denver was spared from an assault, and the cannon remained fired for the last time in 1876. Nearly 50 years later, the artillery would be rediscovered in the basement of the first state history museum at 14th and Sherman streets. The museum subsequently sent the cannon to Pueblo. The most elaborate Independence Day celebration of the 19th century took place in 1876, the year Colorado was admitted to the union. On July 1, Coloradans voted overwhelmingly for statehood (except El Paso County, dominated by conservative Colorado Springs). In Denver, the vote was 5,591 for and only 37 against statehood. A multi-block street pageant flowed through the
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city, led by territorial and city officials, the city departments, all secret and industrial societies and the military. Hundreds of citizens paraded in carriages and on foot to the old cottonwood grove, to be entertained until late night by fireworks, music and the inevitable political speeches. Several fires were accidentally lit that evening, although the only serious injury occurred when someone fell off a streetcar. One mishap reported by Hook and Ladder No. 2 took place as the volunteer firemen rushed to a fire in west Denver. The brigade decided to avoid the crowded Larimer Street Bridge and take a shortcut across the sandbank, unaware that the slope of the bank had washed away. The entire outfit plunged headlong into Cherry Creek. The next Fourth of July spectacle in 1885 was prompted by a citywide
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switch from gas to electric lights. According to pioneer historian Joseph Smiley, Denver was only the third or fourth city in the world to change to electric streetlights. The Denver Consolidated Electric Company began by replacing gaslights at downtown street corners with incandescent lights supported by lampposts. In a flash of public relations genius, the electric company suspended thousands of colored lamps at the main downtown intersections during the three-day weekend. Having made itself extremely popular with Denverites, the company was granted a contract renewal for another five years. The other big event during that July Fourth weekend was the long-awaited appearance of Old John Robinson’s three-ring circus. Led by a parade featuring a steam calliope, fife and drum corps and 50-cage menagerie, the troupe set up their tents at 23rd and Larimer, about a block from today’s Coors Field. Specialty acts included a team of Siberian roller skaters and the mysterious Madame Zarote, who reportedly could walk across the ceiling. For those who just wanted to leave town, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad offered excursions to Manitou and Colorado Springs for $2. Special trains also brought sightseers and circus lovers into Denver from outlying mountain and farming communities. Full page ads in the newspapers promoted a wide range of explosives, prompting the arrest that weekend of nearly 100 celebrants, mostly young men, for disturbing the peace. They were released at 12:01 a.m. on July 5 by a forgiving police department. The focus of Fourth of July celebration moved around the state occasionally, and in 1890, Pueblo held the spotlight. To boost tourism, local businessmen built a palace to call attention to Colorado’s mineral wealth. They intended to plate this grand structure with colored marbles, slates, mica, spar, pyrites and quartz, but unfortunately the money ran short. The final result was more modest, although the 25 highly ornamented domes were still impressive. On July 4, Pueblo held a grand parade from downtown to Mineral Palace Park, attended by 40,000 spectators who flocked to the palace afterwards. Along with music, fireworks and the usual festivities, a great barbecue sponsored by the city fed 8,000 Coloradans. Although the Park remains, the Palace was demolished in the 1930s.
plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 5/29/2014 Last Publication: 6/26/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 3/27/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC JENNIFER M GRIEST Colorado Registration #: 34830 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-06759 Published in the Denver Herald First published May 29, 2014 Last published June 26, 2014 Legal #: 2013-1563 _________________________________
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