“Colorado Panorama: A People’s History” is a ceramic tile mural is composed of abstracted, computer-digitized photographs of more than 120 figures prominent in Colorado’s history, everyone from Nikola Tesla to Molly Brown to Emily Griffith to Neal Cassady to Dr. Justina Ford to Little Bear.
THE HISTORY OF DENVER
Denver was originally home to several Native American tribes, including the Apache, Ute, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapaho people.
In the summer of 1858, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas established the first settlement in the area, known as Montana City. However, this settlement was soon abandoned in 1859 in favor of another mining town nearby.
Denver’s foundation truly began in November 1858 when land speculators established a new settlement across the river from Montana City. They named their new city in honor of Kansas Territorial Governor, James W. Denver.