Arvada, Colorado

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History of Arvada

The Big Blue Bear Peering Into the Convention Center RoadyGoat

2005

Standing on the sidewalk outside the Colorado Convention Center at 700 14th Street in Denver is a 40-foot-tall, bright blue American black bear on its hind legs, both front paws on the building's glass, peering inside. Its official title is "I See What You Mean," but everyone calls it the Big Blue Bear. Sculptor Lawrence Argent created it for the convention center, installed in 2005 at a cost of about $424,400. He took the idea from a newspaper photo of a bear looking through a window, and the blue color was nearly an accident: he had planned earthy, natural tones until a blue mockup won him over. It has been Denver's unofficial mascot and one of its most photographed artworks ever since. Argent died in 2017. (Sources: Wikipedia; CPR; VisitDenver.)

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Buckhorn Exchange RoadyGoat

The Buckhorn Exchange holds Colorado Liquor License No. 1, issued when it opened in 1893. Teddy Roosevelt ate here. Buffalo Bill was a regular. The walls are covered with over 500 taxidermied animals. The menu features elk, quail, rattlesnake, and Rocky Mountain oysters. It's a museum that serves dinner — Denver's oldest restaurant and a portal to the frontier West.

7.0 mi away

Aurora, CO RoadyGoat

Aurora, Colorado, a place where the plains meet the foothills, hums with a particular energy. It's a place of everyday life, but also a place that has fostered extraordinary talent.

14.5 mi away

Molly Brown House - Denver

1867

Margaret 'Molly' Brown survived the Titanic, fought for workers' rights, ran for Congress, and became one of the most famous women in America, all after starting as a miner's wife in Leadville, Colorado.

8.9 mi away

Buffalo Bill's Grave & Museum

1917

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, the most famous showman of the American frontier, is buried atop Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado, a site he chose himself for its commanding view of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.

9.3 mi away

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

1941

The world's only naturally occurring acoustically perfect amphitheatre, carved between two 300-foot sandstone monoliths near Morrison, Colorado, where every major artist from The Beatles to U2 has played.

11.4 mi away

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Buckhorn Exchange

Denver's oldest restaurant. Liquor license #1 in Colorado since 1893. Elk medallions under 500 taxidermied animals. Teddy Roosevelt ate here.

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