Golden, Colorado and Related Topics

Denver

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Consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.

Indian land as defined by the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. As per this treaty, the area of modern Denver falls within traditional territory of Cheyenne and Arapaho nations

Former Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver visited his namesake city in 1875 and in 1882.

The "Bronco Buster", a variation of Frederic Remington's "Bronco Buster" western sculpture at the Denver capitol grounds, a gift from J.K. Mullen in 1920

"Pioneer Mothers of Colorado" statue at The Denver Post building

Downtown Denver cityscape, 1964. Includes Denver's oldest church (Trinity United Methodist), first building of the Mile High Center complex, Lincoln Center, old brownstone part of the Brown Palace Hotel, and Cosmopolitan Hotel – since demolished.

Aerial photograph of Denver from the northwest

Construction along Cherokee Street in the Golden Triangle neighborhood.

Map of racial distribution in Denver, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: White, Black, Asian , Hispanic , or Other (yellow)

The 17th street district includes many financial, business and corporate buildings.

Republic Plaza, Colorado's tallest building

Wells Fargo "Cash Register" Building: Denver's most famous skyscraper

1144 15th St: One of Denver's newest skyscrapers

Development in the bustling Union Station section of downtown

The first Chipotle Mexican Grill, near the campus of the University of Denver

Colorado Supreme Court - just before completion

Dawn over downtown Denver, viewed from the north with Pikes Peak and the southern Front Range to the south.

Colfax Avenue at Broadway, where the downtown street grid and the "normal" city grid meet. Colfax Avenue carries U.S. Highway 40 through Denver.

Speer Boulevard runs north and south through downtown Denver.

Commuter rail station at Denver International Airport

Inside the main terminal of Denver International Airport

alt=|Denver Pavilions is a popular arts, entertainment, and shopping center on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver.

alt=|Civic Center Park: with museums and the central library in background

Empower Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos

alt=|Ball Arena, home of the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche

Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies

alt=|Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids

alt=|Cheesman Park started as a cemetery.

The Carla Madison Recreation Center, completed in 2017.

alt=|Red Rocks is a Denver park and world-famous amphitheater in the foothills

Genesee Park is the largest of the Denver Mountain Parks.

Denver East High School has seen several world famous people walk the halls as future alumni.

University of Colorado-Denver in downtown

The Ritchie Center at University of Denver

Qdoba Mexican Grill, Noodles & Company, and Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard originated in Denver, but have moved their headquarters to the suburbs of Wheat Ridge, Broomfield, and Golden, respectively.

Long Scraggy Peak in the southeastern part of the county.

Jefferson County, Colorado

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County located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

The county seat is Golden, and the most populous city is Lakewood.

Colorado

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State in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

Ruins of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park. Photo by Gustaf Nordenskiöld, 1891

Great Kiva at Chimney Rock in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. It is said to have been built by the Ancient Pueblo peoples.

The Spanish discovering the Colorado River, namesake of the state, in 1540, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau. García López de Cárdenas can be seen overlooking the Grand Canyon.

Map of the Mexican Cession, with the white representing the territory the United States received from Mexico (plus land ceded to the Republic of Texas) after the Mexican–American War. Well over half of Colorado was received during this treaty.

The territories of New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, and Nebraska before the creation of the Territory of Colorado

Mount of the Holy Cross, photographed by William Henry Jackson in 1874

The Georgetown Loop of the Colorado Central Railroad as photographed by William Henry Jackson in 1899

Three 10th Mountain Division skitroopers above Camp Hale in February 1944.

The arid high plains in Southeastern Colorado

Tenmile Range and Dillon Reservoir near Breckenridge

Grays Peak at 4352 m is the highest point on the Continental Divide in North America

The high desert lands that make up the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado

Maroon Bells, at 14163 ft, is part of White River National Forest and a tourist destination

The Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction is made up of high desert canyons and sandstone rock formations

Köppen climate types of Colorado, using 1991-2020 climate normals.

Breckenridge naturalist Edwin Carter with a mounted gray wolf killed in the Colorado Rockies, ca. 1890–1900.

An enlargeable map of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado

An enlargeable map of the 17 core-based statistical areas of Colorado

Denver Energy Center lies in the Denver financial district along 17th Street, known as the Wall Street of the West

The Colorado Rockies baseball club at Coors Field

Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, home field of the Denver Broncos and the Denver Outlaws

Ball Arena, home of the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche, and the Colorado Mammoth

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids

The main terminal of Denver International Airport evokes the peaks of the Front Range.

The westbound and eastbound California Zephyrs meet in the Glenwood Canyon.

The Southern Ute Tribal Administration Building

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Office Complex

Lowry Pueblo in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park

The U.S. National Earthquake Information Center is located in Golden.

Denver metropolitan area

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Central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado.

Golden

Colorado School of Mines

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Colorado School of Mines, Jarvis Hall Collegiate School, and Matthews Divinity School

The CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering, opened to students in September 2017. It is the home building for the Physics Department, and the College of Applied Science and Engineering Dean's Office.

Paul Meyer Hall housed the Physics Department. It was demolished in Spring 2016 and replaced by the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering.

Alderson Hall, completed in 1953 and renovated in 1992, was named for former university president Victor C. Alderson (1903–1913 and 1917–1925) and houses the chemical engineering department.

George R. Brown Hall houses various engineering disciplines, including mining.

The Colorado School of Mines (informally Mines) is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874.

Colorado Territory

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Organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado.

A rival group of civic individuals, including William A.H. Loveland, established the town of Golden at the base of the mountains west of Denver, with the intention of supplying the increasing tide of miners with necessary goods.

CoorsTek

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Privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, oil and gas, semiconductor and many other industries.

Figure 1: CoorsTek ceramic products. All are glazed porcelain except C. A Fisher filtration funnel; B Buchner funnel; C 99.8% alumina crucible; D Desiccator plate; E Commemorative thimble-size stein for brewery visitors; F 95-mm diameter crucible rack.

Figure 2: CoorsTek ceramic products. A Porcelain pestle; B Porcelain mortar; C Glazed porcelain casserole; D Glazed porcelain 100-mm long boat; E TTZ (toughened zirconia) putter; F 99.8% alumina tray. Scale: the coin between E & F is a U.S. quarter.

CoorsTek headquarters and primary factories are located in Golden, Colorado, US.

William A. H. Loveland

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U.S. railroad entrepreneur and businessman in the late 19th century.

An early resident of Golden when it was the capital of the Colorado Territory, he was one of the founders of the Colorado Central Railroad and a principal figure in the early history of Colorado.