Ruby Hill Denver History

The park is named for the red stones that can be found in the nearby platte river.

Ruby hill denver history.

For years i thought ruby hill was the highest point in denver. Located at 1200 w. Ruby hill park holds a high bluff that provides a wide view over denver s skyline and which was used previously as a lookout by native americans. By 2005 one of the most exacting cleanups in epa history was complete only to have projected development stymied by the great recession.

View listing photos review sales history and use our detailed real estate filters to find the perfect place. The hill itself was named for red stones found in the area by early miners stones that turned out to be garnets. Sanderson gulch stormwater improvements february 21 2018 leave a comment. Wherever it ranks the view of downtown and the suburbs to the south and east are the best you can get without going up in the mountains.

Denver public works will be performing sanitary liner work in ruby hill in early march 2019 to add 50 years of life to the sanitary main line. Harry mellon rhoads denver public library western history collection rh 595 the klan says gentry made their presence and power known. Florida avenue at the corner of florida and platte river drive ruby hill park is one of the key attractions of our neighborhood. Ku klux klan cross burning in denver ruby hill park in the 1920s.

Western history photographic collection. Overland park golf course ruby hill park pasquinel s landing and grant frontier. The denver south park and pacific a competing line to the gold fields begun in 1872 followed the platte s west bank. With hills that provide fantastic views of denver plenty of open space and amenities and an easily accessed location the park draws visitors from all across the metro area.

Photo by harry m. Zillow has 7 homes for sale in ruby hill denver. View of a burning cross on ruby hill between 1920 and 1930.