Was donated by a local businessman named henry brown in all tourist. He donated 10 acres of land in the middle of his property so he would make a fortune selling the rest of it to people who wanted to build their houses near capital and it took almost 20 years to resolve who owned this property in large part because the state didnt build on it for a long time. So he sued twice and it made it all the way to the u. S. Capital battles infore two the supreme court. The Colorado State capitol stands at exactly one mile above sea level. Denver is known as the mile high city and there are three mile high markers on the west steps. The original was on the 15th step and was a brass marker that was the ultimate souvenir of denver. In 1947, they just carved one mile above sea level. You 69, a group of students from Colorado University remeasured and said we were off by three steps. Plug is a blast brass on the 18th step that declares one mile above sea level and in 2003, we got our third mile hig
City tours takes you to denver. We will visit Historic Sites in colorados capital. People drive past the denver mint all the time. It is right on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. It has a fascinating history, and it was a story that needed to be told. Capitol,lorado state like any capital, serves as the heart of its community. It is where history is reserved. There are murals, paintings, stained glass windows that celebrate and educate the people anybody whoand comes to see the state. Announcer john murray talks about denver today and shows us some of the historic neighborhoods. This is downtown denver, colorados capital city. Lived downtown for over a decade. The city has changed. T is a city on the move this is john murray, the city hall reporter for the denver post. While we were in town on our cspan cities to her, he took a ride along in our vehicle cities tour, he took a ride along in our vehicle. Give me a sense of the city. Denver is a city
Construction started 10 years after colorado join the union. Centennialed the state. The Capitol Building took 15 years to build on a site that was donated by local businessman. Not an alternative. Truist. Truest al it took almost 20 years and two trip to the United States Supreme Court to resolve who owned this property in large part because the state did not build on it for a long time. They did not have the money. All thetwice it made it way to the u. S. Capitol building in washington dc for two battles before the Supreme Court which he finally lost in january of 1986. 1886. The Colorado State capital stands at one mile above sea level. There are actually mile high three mile high markers on the west steps. The original one was on the 15th step which is a brass marker that was the ultimate souvenir of denver. People kept stealing it so we had to put new ones in. In 1947, they cant one mile above sea level on the 15th step. In 1969, a group of students from Colorado State university
A lot of 30s and 40s across the lower elevations. Look at this. This shocked me. Our weather up here in Jackson County, lets see if i can get this to work here, mark russell, goodness. There we go. Its not wanting to work for us. Anyway, he is reporting 19 degrees this morning, and his bird bath froze overnight. Thats what im trying to get to, to show you this picture. Check this out. Cold enough that all the ice our screen is acting up this morning. I tweeted morning. A couple of computer problems in the weather center. Its a little chilly out here. 30s and 40s on the Eastern Plains this morning. Widespread 30s. A limon 32 degrees. Teens and 20s in the higher elevations. In Grand Junction its 54 degrees. In the metropolitan areas mostly 40s for everybody. At the airport, and the record low for this date is 35 all the way back in 1898. So a pretty chilly start for this september 10. We have a freeze warning for a couple more hours for northwestern colorado. A hard freeze in a few place
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