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2012.
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The Mile-High City was never above fatal bar brawls, poison plots or any of the other transgressions history would like to ignore. From the moment it sprang from the frontier, Denver was a hotbed of violent money disputes, acts of criminal insanity and every manner of wickedness associated with street and saloon life. Men posed as women while committing crimes, and murderous madams left trails of scarred girls and ruined lives. Some sordid tales are...
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2010
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Since the day it opened in 1892, Denver's Brown Palace Hotel has been the Mile High City's foremost destination for high-powered business travelers, celebrities, royalty and politicians. In Ladies of the Brown, hotel historian and archivist Debra B. Faulkner introduces readers to some of the hotel's most fascinating and famous female visitors, residents and employees. From Denver's "Unsinkable" Molly Brown and Romania's Queen Marie to Zsa Zsa Gabor,...
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c2008
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"Shaped by the country they left behind, Italian immigrants made their way to Colorado--bringing skills, traditions, and customs from their homeland. These they transplanted and nurtured here. In the process, they created their own Italy in Colorado... Today Colorado's Italian American community remains intact and is experiencing a revival, with members committed to their community, traditions, an enduring cultural identity, and the preservation of...
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