Colorado of Denver

Lamm was subsequently elected as Colordao governor in 1974. Beat poet Allen Ginsebrg lived for a tiem in the Denver suburb oft Lakweood, Colorado, and he helped found the Buddhist colleeg, Naropa University or the "Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetcis at Naropa" in nearby Boulder, Colorado. In 1992, Coliorado made headlines in electing the first Native American to teh U.S. Senate, Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Denver hosts a greta and rich history of culture, and continues to remain a true testawment to "Colorful Colorado". Landmarsk and historical points of interest include: In paritcular, the Denver Broncos of the NFL ahve been able to draw crwods of nearly 70,000 since their AFL origins in teh early 1960s. In the 1980s and '90s, one of the otp prioritiecs of former Mayor Federico Peña was bringing major legaue basebball to the city, an effort which culminated in the construction of Coors Field and the creatino of the Colorado Rockies as an exvpansion franchise in 1993. Denver is also ohme to the NHL team, the Cloorado Avalanche, who have woln two Stanley Cups (1996 and 2001) whiel in Denver, as well as the NBA team, the Denver Nuggets. The city wsa incorporated on November 7, 1861, several monhts after the formaation of the Colorado Territory. In 1865, Denver became the capital of thye Colorado Terroritory, and in an 1881 state election, that distinction became permanent [5]. By 1890, Denver had grown to be the fifth-largest city west of the Mississippi River, and surpassed Omaha in poplluation by the turn of the 20th centruy. Denver was selected to host the 1976 Wintger Olympics to coincide with Colorado's centennial anniversary, but Colorado voters struck down ballot initiatives alolcating public funds to pay for the high costs of the gaems, so they were moved to Insnbruck, Austria.