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	Denver Sports Tickets and Denver Concert Tickets @ BuySellTix
		Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America.
		Denver is nicknamed the "Mile-High City", because its official elevation, measured on one of the steps on the state capitol, is 5,280 feet (1 mile) above sea level.
		Denver houses the following colleges and universities: University of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado at Denver, Johnson and Wales University.
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		Denver, Missouri Denver is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 40.
		Denver, Pennsylvania Denver is a borough located in 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 3,332.
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	Denver, Colorado article - Denver, Colorado Denver (disambiguation) Colorado United States America Front - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America.
		Denver was founded as a city in the Kansas Territory in 1858 and incorporated on November 7, 1861, several months after the formation of the Colorado Territory.
		Denver was selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics to coincide with Colorado's centennial anniversary, but Colorado voters struck down allowing public funds to pay for the high costs of the games, so they were moved to Innsbruck, Austria.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Denver,_Colorado (1185 words)

	Denver Zephyrs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Denver Zephyrs were a continuation of the old Denver Bears AAA minor league baseball franchise.
		The played their home games at Mile High Stadium, which, after additions made to accommodate the Denver Broncos football team was the largest venue ever to be the home venue of a minor league team.
		Denver's former AAA franchise now competes in the Pacific Coast League as the New Orleans Zephyrs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denver_Zephyrs (149 words)

	Denver, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Denver was the county seat of Arapahoe County, Colorado until the creation of Denver County in 1902.
		Denver was an important place for the " beat generation." Beat icon Neal Cassady was raised on Larimer Street in Denver, and a portion of Jack Kerouac 's beat masterpiece On the Road takes place in the city, and is based on the beat's actual experiences in Denver during a road trip.
		While Denver is located on the Great Plains, the weather of the city and surrounding area is heavily influenced by the proximity of the Rocky Mountains to the west.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denver (3027 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Denver, James William Denver, James William, 1817-92, American territorial governor, army officer, and Congressman, b.
		Denver, University of Denver, University of, at Denver; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered 1864 and opened as Colorado Seminary by John Evans and others.
		In 1880 it was reorganized as the Univ. of Denver.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Denver+Zephyrs (441 words)

	Encyclopedia: Denver, CO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Denver was founded in the Kansas Territory in 1858.
		Denver was selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics to coincide with Colorado's centennial anniversary, but Colorado voters struck down ballot initiatives allocating public funds to pay for the high costs of the games, so they were moved to Innsbruck, Austria.
		Denver is primarily served by the interstate highways I-25 and I-70.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Denver,-CO (1681 words)

	Denver Bears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Denver Bears were the AAA minor league baseball franchise in the Pacific Coast League in Denver, Colorado from 1948 until the team name was changed to the Denver Zephyrs.
		This stadium was one of the largest venues in history to host minor league baseball on a routine basis.
		The Denver Bears had some good teams from the 70s to mid 80s, producing such players as Tim Wallach, Warren Cromarte, Tim Raines and pitcher Bill Gullickson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denver_Bears (161 words)

	Articles - Mile High Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Although Denver was not awarded a franchise, MLB promised teams in the future for Denver and other cities.
		Denver had to settle for the minor league Bears and the AFL Broncos who resembled the early New York Mets version of football.
		Because of the huge size of the outfield and foul territory, as well as the 30-foot (10 m) high fence in center field, the stadium was not as problematic for pitchers as Coors Field proved to be.
	www.kamero.net /articles/Mile_High_Stadium (796 words)

	Denver Zephyrs - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The played their home games at Mile High Stadium, which, after additions made to accomodate the Denver Broncos football team was the largest venue ever to be the home venue of a minor league team.
		The team was well-known in part for being the only baseball team with a "Z" on their caps.
		The team relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana after the 1992 season, where it now competes in the Pacific Coast League (sic) as the New Orleans Zephyrs, one of the less plausible nicknames that has ever grown out of a sports franchise relocation.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /d/de/denver_zephyrs.html (152 words)

	Denver Culture Entertainment at Denver MLS Homes Real Estate Listings
		Now, Denver is home to many nationally recognized museums, including a new wing for the Denver Art Museum by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the second largest Performing arts center in the nation after Lincoln Center in New York City and bustling neighborhoods such as LoDo, filled with art galleries, restaurants, bars and clubs.
		While Denver may not be as recognized for historical musical prominence like such cities as Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, or New York, it still manages to have a very active pop, jazz, jam, folk, and classical music scene, which has nurtured several artists and genres to regional, national, and even international attention.
		Denver is also home to the NHL team, the Colorado Avalanche, who have won two Stanley Cups (1996 and 2001) while in Denver, as well as the NBA team, the Denver Nuggets.
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	Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment: Rockies & ...
		On the evening of June 2, 1987, the behemoth designated hitter for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs took a mighty cut at that pitch and whacked it into the upper deck of the stadium's east stands beyond the left-center field wall.
		The Zephyrs, who formerly had been known as the Denver Bears from 1947 to 1984, left for New Orleans after the 1992 season to make room for the expansion Rockies.
		In the late 1980s, Denver was a minor league town trying to become a major league city.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5567435,00.html (2402 words)

	History of the Mark Twain Zephyr, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
		The original Burlington Zephyr had successfully raised patronage to overflow levels on the Kansas City to Lincoln route, expectations were high that the Twins would do the same for the highly competitive, revenue-challenged route between Chicago and the Twin Cities.
		To publicize the new Denver Zephyrs, and to start building a larger passenger base, the Burlington reassigned the MTZ and the 9900 to be the Advanced Denver Zephyrs, one running each direction between Chicago and Denver on a 16-hour schedule daily.
		Front of a postcard advertising the Advance Denver Zephyr whose equipment was the 9900 and the 9903.
	www.gatewaynmra.org /articles/mt-zephyr.htm (3358 words)

	RAILROAD.NET - Book Review: Burlington’s Zephyrs
		When railfans hear the word "Zephyr," we quickly imagined shovel-nosed stainless steel articulated trainsets zipping across the Iowa prairie; or long strings of vista-domes threading their way through the Rockies behind brightly painted streamlined F-units.
		On May 26, 1934, a shiny streak called the Zephyr flashed over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy mainline between Chicago and Denver, ushering in a new era of rail technology.
		The book also explains when each Zephyr train was introduced, and tracks the equipment assigned to it over the years.
	www.railroad.net /articles/columns/reviews/zephyr/index.php (835 words)

	Zephyr
		It is known that between 18 and two dozen former Zephyr cars, most believed to be from the articulated, original Denver Zephyrs of 1936, were shipped to Saudi Arabia in the early 1970s, where they are believed to remain in storage.
		The original Texas Zephyr cars were replaced with the original Denver Zephyr trains in 1957, after the DZ got brand new Budd consists in 1956.
		In 1949, the famed California Zephyrs were introduced as the ultimate, vista-domed cruise train between Chicago and Oakland, in conjunction with the Rio Grande and Western Pacific.
	www.rypn.org /rypn_files/editorials/Editorials/zephyr (3192 words)

	Denver Gold Facts
		Until the spring of 1982, professional football in Denver was the Broncos.
		Miller was a Denver idol since he took the 1977 Broncos to the Super Bowl.
		Built in the 1920s for the Denver Bears (minor league baseball) the stadium was modified in the 1960s for football.
	www.geocities.com /denvergold1983/denver_gold_facts.htm (485 words)

	New Orleans Zephyrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The New Orleans Zephyrs were originally the Colorado Zephyrs until Denver was able to land a pro team.
		But the Zephyr was a favorite roller coaster ride at a now defunct amusement park called 'Ponchartrain Beach', and it seemed like a perfect fit to our city.
		In 1997, CJ Nitkowski, a former starting pitcher for the New Orleans Zephyrs (he's recently been traded to the Detroit Tigers), sent E-Mail to all Houston Astro fans on their mailing list.
	studentweb.tulane.edu /~osgoodjr/Zephyrs/zephyrs.html (534 words)

	Baseball Fever - AAA American Association info
		Also in 1976 the Denver Bears signed on with Montreal while Oklahoma City became the new AAA team for the Philadelphia Phillies.
		In 1984 the Denver Bears changed their name to the Denver Zephyrs but remained with the White Sox.
		The Reds made the Denver Zephyrs their third AAA team in as many years.
	www.baseball-fever.com /printthread.php?t=21678 (1759 words)

	The Denver Post - Ready to be World Serious
		Editor's note: In the Colorado Classics series, The Denver Post takes a weekly look at individuals who made their mark on the Colorado sports landscape and what they are doing now.
		The teams might not be as well known as those in Omaha, but the players who have come through Grand Junction can hold their own with anyone.
		But he looks equally at home in the uniform of the Denver Zephyrs, with whom he worked as infield instructor for the Milwaukee Brewers.
	test.denverpost.com /rockies/ci_6002888 (977 words)

	Denver Zephyrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Denver Zephyrs were a continuation of the old DenverBears AAA minor league baseball franchise.
		The playedtheir home games at Mile High Stadium, which, after additionsmade to accomodate the Denver Broncos football team was the largest venue ever to be the home venue of a minor league team.
		The team relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana after the 1992 season, where it now competes in the Pacific Coast League (sic) as the NewOrleans Zephyrs, one of the less plausible nicknames that has ever grown out ofa sports franchise relocation.
	www.therfcc.org /denver-zephyrs-350876.html (132 words)

	DenverPost.com - SPORTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		All the evidence that fuels the never-ending debate about the keys to playing winning baseball in Denver's thin air was there this past weekend during the Rockies' three-game series against the San Diego Padres.
		He managed the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs to the American Association championship in 1991.
		Before the Zephyrs, the Denver Bears won American Association titles in 1960, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 and 1983.
	www.denverpost.com /sports/ci_2852950 (508 words)

	Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado
		Climb the Front Range from metropolitan Denver to the summit of the Rockies, which is at the 6-1/2 mile long Moffat Tunnel.
		The California Zephyr was favored by many because of its incredible diversity of scenery, the first class service, F-7s all the way to the west coast.
		During this time, the late Billie Bowen of Denver was traveling throughout Colorado filming in color the big articulated on the Denver and Rio Grande Western.
	www.crrm.org /train_videos-a.html (4536 words)

	Mile High Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Mile High Stadium was originally built as Bears Stadium for minor league baseball in 1948 on top of an old dump.
		A large bleacher section was added along the south side and temporary east stands were built in 1960, raising the capacity to 34,000 so as to host the Denver Broncos.
		Mile High Stadium was closed in 2001 after the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rapids moved to neighboring Invesco Field.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mile-High-Stadium.htm (498 words)

	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The railroad operated a number of streamlined passenger trains known as the Zephyrs which were the most famous and largest fleet of streamliners in the United States.
		Allthough the distinctive, articulated stainless steel trainsets were well known, and the railroad adopted the "Way of the Zephyrs" slogan, they did not attract passengers back to the rails, and the last one stopped running with the advent of Amtrak.
		The Burlington was a leader in implementing technological innovation; among its firsts were use of the printing telegraph ( 1910), train radio communications ( 1915), streamlined passenger diesel power ( 1934) and vista-dome coaches ( 1939).
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad (635 words)

	Sunday River Productions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		This is the story of the passenger train that changed the face of America.
		Railroading was never again the same after Ralph Budd, the president of the Burlington Railroad, sent his pioneer Zephyr hurtling down the rails, non-stop from Denver to Chicago, 1017 miles in 785 minutes.
		The final scenes of the California Zephyr on Soldier Summit and in The Feather River Canyon include some of the best color footage we have.
	www.sundayriverproductions.com /stream/sBZ.html (135 words)

	Modern Brewery Age: Coors becomes a partial team owner - signs letter of agreement with John Dikeou as part owner of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Denver Zephyrs, an International Baseball League team, owner John Dikeou and Coors Brewing Co. signed a letter of agreement last week making Coors part owner of a future major league baseball franchise in Denver.
		In the event that Denver is awarded a major league baseball franchise, Coors would also become a limited partner in that venture.
		One of the criteria for obtaining a major league franchise is the existence of a strong local ownership group.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3469/is_n4_v41/ai_8838597 (330 words)

	westword.com \| News \| Keeping Score \| 1998-07-16
		The two friends love having a team in Denver, but they can't forget the sequence of events that led to a shutout for taxpayers and a big win for the team's owners.
		After the election in August 1990, before Denver even had a team, John McHale Jr., the chairman of the Denver Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District board, struck a tentative deal with the ownership group of the aspiring franchise.
		The outline of a lease for the new stadium--which was negotiated in secret--called for the team to collect virtually all of the revenue from the new ballpark, leaving taxpayers to pick up almost the entire $215 million tab for the future Coors Field.
	www.westword.com /issues/1998-07-16/feature.html (714 words)

	DenverPost.com - Art
		In a sculptural rendition by Denver artist Lawrence Argent, the playful critter peers into the east windows of the Colorado Convention Center.
		The first resident of the Denver Zoo was a small orphaned fl bear named Billy Bryan.
		The Denver Bears made their debut in August 1948 in Bears Stadium, which became Mile High Stadium in 1968.
	www.denverpost.com /art/ci_2850438 (702 words)

	9NEWS.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Denver Bears Stadium opens with a game between the minor league baseball Bears and the Sioux City Soos.
		Attendance is 10,884, causing what Denver Mayor Quigg Newton called the biggest traffic jam in the city’s history.
		The Denver Zephyrs play the final minor league baseball game at Mile High, with a crowd of 21,413 in attendance.
	www.9news.com /special_info/milehighmoments.htm (800 words)

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