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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
~Oscar Wilde
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Denver's Union Station
The first chapter of Murder in the Rockies starts in Denver's Union Station, a rail hub at that time. Therefore I was quite interested in a detailed piece my friend Dick Kreck published in the June 22, Sunday Denver Post about the history of Union Station. From that article I found several "Did You Know?" items.
Did you know?
When Union Station opened in the late 1880s, it was on undeveloped land on the western edge of the city. Soon hotels and saloons sprung up around it. Saloon keeper George Schwenke owned a portion of the land the depot's founders wanted.The railroad started condemnation proceedings, Schwenke resisted. The railroad management built a high fence around Schwnke's saloon, thus fencing customers out. Schwnke cut a hole in the fence then went to court. In spite of the $16,000 he spent fighting condemnation proceedings, the court found in favor of the station management. My protagonist, Andrew Coyle, Attorney at Law, should have known about that case, he could have made a bundle.
Did you know?
Around the turn of the twentieth century 110 trains a day came and went from the station. The platforms were so busy that in 1902 the station management put up signs saying, "No kissing on the station platforms, it slow down the trains! All kissing must be done in front of the depot or at the gates but not on the platforms."
Did you know?
It was not until 1958 that Denver's Stapleton Airport first surpassed the number of passengers going through Union Station.
Did you know?
Oscar Wilde was scheduled to arrive at Union Station. Two newspaper reporters conspired to take an earlier train. One reporter dressed flamboyantly with lace cuffs and a flower in his lapel and when he arrive in the station he waved at the crowd. When the real Oscar Wilde arrived, shortly after, he was disappointed to find there were no spectators there to greet him.
"Some cause happiness whenever they go."
Dick Kreck also writes non-fiction books about Colorado history.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
~Oscar Wilde
Promotion
Time is running out! The Koehler Books one month promotion of any Koehler eBook for $5.00 or less will end June 30. Don't be left out, order now.
Denver's Union Station
The first chapter of Murder in the Rockies starts in Denver's Union Station, a rail hub at that time. Therefore I was quite interested in a detailed piece my friend Dick Kreck published in the June 22, Sunday Denver Post about the history of Union Station. From that article I found several "Did You Know?" items.
Did you know?
When Union Station opened in the late 1880s, it was on undeveloped land on the western edge of the city. Soon hotels and saloons sprung up around it. Saloon keeper George Schwenke owned a portion of the land the depot's founders wanted.The railroad started condemnation proceedings, Schwenke resisted. The railroad management built a high fence around Schwnke's saloon, thus fencing customers out. Schwnke cut a hole in the fence then went to court. In spite of the $16,000 he spent fighting condemnation proceedings, the court found in favor of the station management. My protagonist, Andrew Coyle, Attorney at Law, should have known about that case, he could have made a bundle.
Did you know?
Around the turn of the twentieth century 110 trains a day came and went from the station. The platforms were so busy that in 1902 the station management put up signs saying, "No kissing on the station platforms, it slow down the trains! All kissing must be done in front of the depot or at the gates but not on the platforms."
Did you know?
It was not until 1958 that Denver's Stapleton Airport first surpassed the number of passengers going through Union Station.
Did you know?
Oscar Wilde was scheduled to arrive at Union Station. Two newspaper reporters conspired to take an earlier train. One reporter dressed flamboyantly with lace cuffs and a flower in his lapel and when he arrive in the station he waved at the crowd. When the real Oscar Wilde arrived, shortly after, he was disappointed to find there were no spectators there to greet him.
"Some cause happiness whenever they go."
Dick Kreck also writes non-fiction books about Colorado history.
Comments
Leave a comment in the Comments box below. You can also sign up for the G. Eldon Smith free Newsletter in the same space.