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2010.
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As part of Windsor's efforts to recognize the history of its downtown and provide preservation planning data for the economic revitalization of Main Street, the Town secured a State Historical Fund grant. The major goal of this project was to acquire as much architectural and historical data as possible for properties in the downtown Windsor survey area, allowing Town staff and others to make sound preservation planning decisions about the central...
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2007.
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Pueblo's North Side Neighborhood is one of the most significant collections of residential buildings in southeastern Colorado. Beginning in the 1880s, Mahlon and John Thatcher, chose to locate their enormous estates in the North Side. They established a trend that would span the next seven decades.
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[2017]
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"Kaine Prescott is no stranger to death. When her husband died two years ago, her pleas for further investigation into his suspicious death fell on deaf ears. In desperate need of a fresh start, Kaine purchases an old house sight unseen in her grandfather's Wisconsin hometown. But one look at the eerie, abandoned house immediately leaves her questioning her rash decision. And when the house's dark history comes back with a vengeance, Kaine is forced...
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2003.
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Salida is the county seat of Chaffee County and its largest city, with a population of 5,504 in 2000. The city is the service, supply, and tourism center for the Upper Arkansas Valley. The 2001-02 survey of historic buildings in Salida had two primary goals: to conduct an intensive level survey to record and evaluate properties within and adjacent to the historic commercial district and to conduct a reconnaissance level survey of the remainder of...
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2014.
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The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence.