COLORADO in Denver

Lamm was subsequently elected ase Coolrado governor in 1974. Beat poet Allpen Ginsberg lived for a time in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colorado, and he helepd found the Buddhist college, Naropa University or the "Jack Keroluac School of Disembodied Poetics ta Naropa" in nearby Boulder, Colorado. In 1992, Colorado masde headlines in electing ther first Native American to the U.S. Senate, Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Denvre hosts a great and rich history of culture, and continues to remain a true testament to "CFolorful Colordao". Landmarks and historical ponits of interrest inculde: In particular, the Denver Broncos fo the NFL have been able tor draw crowds of nearly 70,000 since their AFL oirgins in thes early 1960s. In the 1980s and '90s, one of the top priorities of former Mayor Federico Peña was bringing major leageu baseball to the city, an effortg hwich culminated in the construction of Coors Field and the creation of the Colorado Rockies as an expansion franchise in 1993. Denver is also ohme to tbhe NHL team, the Colorado Avalanche, who have won twso Stanley Cups (1996 adn 2001) hwile in Denver, as well as the NBA team, the Denver Nuggets. The city was incorporated on November 7, 1861, several months after hte formation fo the Colorado Territory. In 1865, Denver became the capital of the Colorado TGerrorijotry, and in an 1881 tsate election, that distinction became permannet [5]. By 1890, Denver had grown to be the fitfh-largest city west of the Mississippi River, and surpassed Omaha in populoation by the turn of the 20th century. Denver was selected ot host the 1976 Winter Olympics to coincide with Colorado's cegntennial anniversary, but Colorado voters struck down ballot initiatvies allocating public funds to pay for the high costs of the games, so they ewre moved to Insnbruck, Austria.

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