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Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in City limits and 20,000 acres of parks in the nearby mountains.
"Beulah Red" is the name of the red marble that gives the Colorado State Capital its distinctive splendor. Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble in the Capital took six years, from 1894 to 1900. All of the "Beulah Red" marble in the world went into the Capital. It cannot be replaced, at any price.
The 13th step of the state capital building in Denver is exactly 1 mile high above sea level.
The LoDo region of Denver stands for Lower Downtown.
Denver lays claim to the invention of the Cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast.
Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in America.
The tallest building in Colorado is the Republic Plaza at 57 stories high, in Denver.
Every year Denver hosts The World's largest Rodeo, the National Western Stock Show.
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