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Denver, city (1990 pop.
467,610), alt. 5,280 ft (1,609 m), state capital,
coextensive with Denver co., N central Colo., on a
plateau at the foot of the Front Range of the Rocky
Mts., along the South Platte River where Cherry Creek
meets it; inc. 1861. The largest Colorado city, it is
a processing, shipping, and distribution point for an
extensive agricultural area. It is also the financial,
business, administrative, and transportation center of
the Rocky Mt. region (the “Inland West”), and home to
numerous federal agencies. The Denver area has many
electronics plants and is a major livestock market and
headquarters to mining companies; leading manufactures
include aeronautical, telecommunications, and other
high-technology products. With ski and mountain
resorts, national parks, and frontier historical sites
nearby, Denver is also an important tourist center.
Among the city's educational institutions are the
Univ. of Denver, Loretto Heights College, Regis
College, Colorado Women's College, and the Univ. of
Colorado medical school. Points of interest include a
park system incorporating many mountain areas; the
Denver Art Museum; the Colorado State Historical
Museum; the Denver Museum of Natural History; the
Black American West Museum; the Denver Performing Arts
Complex; the state capitol; a U.S. Mint; Mile High
Stadium, home of the Broncos (football); Coors Field,
home of the Colorado Rockies (baseball); the Pepsi
Center, home of the Nuggets (basketball) and Avalanche
(hockey); and zoological gardens. Part of the former
Rocky Mountain Arsenal has become a national wildlife
refuge.
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Denver History
Denver was made territorial capital in 1867. Gold and
silver strikes in the 1870s–80s brought prosperity,
and the city became the capital of bonanza kings such
as H. A. W. Tabor. In the late 1890s, Denver's
development as a metropolis began. After World War II,
during which military bases brought development,
Denver experienced rapid growth; this, combined with
the city's high elevation, led to environmental
problems, and by the late 1970s Denver had one of the
worst U.S. smog problems.
Denver boomed again in the late 1970s as a center of
oil shale exploration, and many new office buildings
were erected in anticipation of further growth. When
oil prices fell in the 1980s, the city was hard hit
economically, and population loss to its booming
suburbs accelerated. By the 1990s, however,
international and government-related business and
tourism had brought another boom. The city added a
light-rail transit system in 1994, and a huge new
international airport opened to the northeast in 1995.
By the late 1990s the Denver region, after concerted
efforts to improve air quality, had significantly
reduced the level of air pollution. |
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