Denver
Mountain Parks: 100 Years of the Magnificent Dream
Erika
Walker
In
1912, Denver citizens voted to develop the Denver Mountain Parks and today many
of these parks, such as Red Rocks, Summit Lake and Lookout Mountain, are the
most-visited tourist sites in Colorado. Denver Mountain Parks: 100
Years of the Magnificent Dream, written to celebrate the mountain parks'
centennial, presents the complete history of the mountain parks from their
beginnings to the present day. The book, illustrated with historic photographs
and maps, showcases 72 new John Fielder photographs and 26 Then-and-Now images
pairs. The
Denver Mountain Parks preserve an important part of Colorado's history and
provide a vital connection to open space today. Join us to learn about the
mountain parks and how you can help insure their future for the next one
hundred years.
Erika
D. Walker, MS, one of the book's three co-authors, is a native Coloradan
with a passion for preserving open space. She works as a writer and educator,
and serves on the board of Bluff Lake Nature Center. She is the
great-granddaughter of early Denver Mountain Parks advocate John Brisben
Walker.
Wednesday,
April 16, 2014
Denver
Botanic Gardens – Gates Hall
6:30 – 8
p.m.
Suggested
donation: $5