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In the late 1800s, Presbyterian ministers came up with the idea of establishing a “Princeton of the West” in the Denver area. Henry J. Mayham, a native of New York who’d moved to Colorado, realized that land he owned between Denver and Boulder might increase in value if a Presbyterian university was set up nearby, so he donated 640 acres of land to the Denver Presbytery.
Forty acres of that donation would be used for the campus of Westminster University, eighty acres for a farm to support and feed the school, and the rest divided up and sold for the predicted community that would develop around the project.
The Twilight Saga or any such expansive modern-day myths, the new series
Shadow and Bone on Netflix from 23 April comes with its own peculiar world that functions within a pre-established universe, complete with rules of what is and isn t possible, and characters who function and interact within that world.
So is
Shadow and Bone worth your attention and time? Most definitely. Will it be difficult to understand or get into? A little bit but part of the fun and joy of excellent new legends are often suddenly just falling into them, as if into the middle chapter of a story, and learning about the world and the people as an immersive experience.