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Denver was founded in November 1858 during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, when General William H. Larimer's Denver City Town Company laid out the settlement, and it was named for Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver.

Denver is the capital of Colorado and its most populous city.

Denver sits exactly 5,280 feet above sea level, earning it the nickname 'Mile High City' - the 13th step of the State Capitol is exactly one mile high, and the Capitol dome is decorated with more than 200 ounces of real gold.

Denver claims about 300 days of sunshine a year, with a semi-arid climate that brings only about 8 to 15 inches of precipitation annually.

Denver had a population of 715,522 in the 2020 Census, with about 335,428 households, roughly 48.8% of homes owner-occupied, and a median home value around $616,000.

Denver maintains more than 200 city parks plus 20,000 acres of mountain parks, including the famous Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.

Denver keeps its own herd of bison in its mountain parks, a living link to the herds that once roamed the plains.

The University of Denver, founded in 1864, is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain region.

The Denver Performing Arts Complex is the second-largest performing arts center in the United States.

Denver's four directional public high schools - East, North, South, and West - are historic landmarks; East High School's current building opened in 1925, was modeled partly on Independence Hall, and counts astronaut Jack Swigert and actor Don Cheadle among its alumni.