Articles by Rebecca Hunt

DR. WILLIAM SMEDLEYWilliam Smedley was born in 1836 in Philadelphia. In 1860, he joined a wagon train headed for Oregon, soon returning to Pennsylvania where he trained to be a dentist before he moved west […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt Sunnyside rises to the north of her better-known sister, the Highlands. When Sunnyside was founded in 1872, it covered an area between Pecos and Tejon, and ran from West 38th to […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt In the 1870s, Denver had a shortage of hospitals. The county ran the Arapahoe County Hospital to treat the poor who had serious illnesses such as smallpox, diphtheria, cholera and of […]

By Rebeca A. Hunt Denver is a multimodal, transit-oriented city, with routes for cars, buses, bikes and walkers. All share the same streets. This is a legacy of the streetcar days of the 1870s to […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt It is finally May when we see spring flowers, warmer weather and when high school seniors can see the light at the end of the tunnel. And no, it is not […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt Denver is rich in organizations that help people do research about our city. Many are especially good when it comes to documenting the North Denver. My personal favorite is the Western […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt Jefferson Park is not only one of our oldest North Denver neighborhoods, but one that has been subject to frequent reinvention. Originating in the 1870s, it included parts of old Denver, […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt Denver’s Italian community centered on the area between 32nd and 38th avenues along Navajo Street. In the 1930s, many people still spoke Italian and some older women still wore their traditional […]

By Rebecca A. Hunt From its beginnings, the Northside has been a center of ethnic diversity. Last month I told you the story of the Irish. Now, I will spend some time on the Italians, […]