When we last left off, William Byers had just escaped the rage of his long time mistress Hattie Sacomb. Elizabeth and William Byers son, Frank, had met Hattie at the gate of their home with a loaded shotgun when she followed his parents home that fateful afternoon. I guess the threat of a butt
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02/28/2011
William Byers was many things. He was one of the original settlers in Denver. He started the Rocky Mountain News. He was politically ambitious. William Byers was an attractive, married man, and, he was a player. In early 1870, William Byers received a letter from an attractive divorcee in Law
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02/27/2011
The Adams Mystery Playhouse is located at 2406 Federal Blvd, in Denver's Historic Highland Neighborhood. The Adams Mystery Playhouse was named Denver's best playhouse by Denver's KMGH 7 television in 2010."Murder at the Speakeasy" is presently playing at the handicapped accessible Adams Mystery
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02/27/2011
I keep a bunch of re-usable tote shopping bags in my car. By having them with me, I can run into a store, and always have them with me when I need them. Recently, I was rushing around getting things done on a particularly icky day. I dashed into the grocery store, picked up what I needed, and r
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02/27/2011
Buffalo Bill Cody was born William Frederick Cody in February of 1846 in Iowa. The family moved west in 1853. The Cody family was against slavery, a belief that made them enemies of slave owners back east. Bill Cody's father often spoke of the evils of slavery, and on one occasion, he was stabb
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02/26/2011
I recently blogged about the gorgeous Lumber Baron Inn & Gardens Bed and Breakfast in the Historic Highlands neighborhood of Denver. Located at 2555 West 37th St, the Lumber Baron Bed & Breakfast Inn is also host to the Lumber Baron Murder Mystery Dinner Theater.The cost of the murder mystery is
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02/21/2011
The Perrenoud has to be one of the most gorgeous and well preserved turn of the century apartment buildings in Denver. Located at 836 East 17th Avenue in the Uptown area Capitol Hill, The Perrenoud was designed by architect Frank Snell and was built in 1901. The Perrenoud family arrived in Denve
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02/20/2011
Red Rocks Amphitheater is one of Colorado's great nature wonders, in fact Red Rocks was once considered one of the Great Natural Wonders of the World.300 million years ago, give or take a million or so years, Colorado was an active seismic center. That was how our beautiful Rocky Mountains were
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02/18/2011
Cities around the world get downright competitive with each other when vying to host the Olympic Games. It makes sense though considering the huge ec
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02/17/2011
Denver Restaurant Week 2011 is coming! Denver Restaurant Week is one of the best times of year for Denver gastronomes, especially my friend Diane Bambrick who introduced me to the event. Initially, Denver Restaurant Week was only one week long. But it was such a hit, that it has been expanded
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02/17/2011
