Colorado Amusements Trivia!

2 and 3 (4.00 / 1)

2.  Mamie Eisenhower (don't remember her maiden name) at the Broadmoor.

3.  Burlington

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by: Luis @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 09:36:27 AM CDT

You got 1 1/2 so far! (0.00 / 0)

#3 is correct. Have you been to see it? Great history museum there too!

#2 is half right.  It was Mamie Doud-soon-to-be-Eisenhower, but it was a Denver venue.

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 12:36:47 PM CDT

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Re-guess (0.00 / 0)

The Brown Palace?  It has to be somewhere upscale that was around back then.

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by: Luis @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 13:02:51 PM CDT

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Another good guess (0.00 / 0)

And chances are she went there from time to time! But I'm thinking of a specific amusement-related place that used to be in Denver. :)

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 13:14:01 PM CDT

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Rainbow Music Hall? (4.00 / 1)

Just kidding.

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by: Luis @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 13:27:53 PM CDT

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Elitch's? (4.00 / 2)

I think there used to be a big ballroom of some sort at the old Elitch Gardens...

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by: w0nderm0nkey @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 15:05:41 PM CDT

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Trocadero Ballroom? (4.00 / 3)

or something like that?

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by: w0nderm0nkey @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 16:02:52 PM CDT

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That's it! (0.00 / 0)

The Trocadero Ballroom at the original Elitch Gardens was a real big deal in the 40s and 50s, with a lot of famous Big Bands touring through, and a national radio show.  Good job!

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 16:04:09 PM CDT

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Want to see where she went to high school/finishing school? (4.00 / 1)

come on over to my place!  I used to live in the auditorium, now I live in what I think were some classrooms.

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by: tovah_dancer @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 16:07:05 PM CDT

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How cool is that!? (0.00 / 0)

I will have to come by one of these times! We can snap off some pics for SS folks, perhaps!

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 16:14:11 PM CDT

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consider (4.00 / 1)

yourself invited whenever you wish.  for certain if you are up here during the DNC.

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by: tovah_dancer @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 16:24:11 PM CDT

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My dad (4.00 / 1)

used to go see Big Bands at Elitch Gardens (back when they were more gardens than amusement park rides) and other venues around Denver.

The events must have been something to see.

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by: WeatherDem @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 17:55:55 PM CDT

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My Grandmother (and Mother) had fond memories (4.00 / 1)

of the "Troc". It was "the" place to go to dance every week.  Glen Miller band and other notables played there. Including some Latin bands as I recall. I was going to guess the Troc but thought Luis had already nailed it, again!

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by: greenchiledem @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 21:13:27 PM CDT

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eeeek (3.00 / 1)

I got nuthin

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by: johne @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 10:04:52 AM CDT

I second that n/t (3.00 / 1)

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by: tjlord @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 10:29:25 AM CDT

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Hints (0.00 / 0)

It's always hard to write questions that aren't a dead give-away, you know?

1. Tramway gone, and the Tower of Jewels is no longer tallest, but it's still there!

#4 is older than #1, and it was very cool.

#5 is the newest, and the activities there are technically under the supervision of a guy from Lamar!

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 12:34:13 PM CDT

Well those give it away don't they! (4.00 / 1)

No. 1. For a time the D&F Tower was the tallest, wasn't it? But it was never called the Tower of Jewels. I think I remember the great tower over Lakeside was the tallest in the state at one point, and it's covered with lights. Did the tram to Arvada go past there, or the one on to Sloan Lake?

No. 4. That one's easy -- the trout in the walls give it away. For a time, Leadville was one of the coolest places on earth -- literally, with its Ice Palace built from giant blocks of ice, including some with trout frozen inside. How come no one thinks that audaciously anymore?

No. 5. Couldn't hazard a guess. Looks fetching.

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by: ELuning @ Sun Jun 22, 2008 at 05:55:58 AM CDT

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Good job! (0.00 / 0)

Yes, the D&F Tower, when it was built, became the tallest structure for a while. But it was indeed the Tower of Jewels at Lakeside, that big yellow building with a dome, that I was referring to. According to the page I researched it on, it was the end of the tramway line back then.

You were also right about the Ice Palace.  Man, that must have been something to see!

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Sun Jun 22, 2008 at 14:58:36 PM CDT

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The real hint is in your diary's title (0.00 / 0)

So far, all the answers have been famous (if forgotten, in the case of Leadville's Crystal Palace) amusement parks or amusement park museums.

I've often wondered whether the oil and gas industry would have more success persuading residents to sign on to another boom-and-bust cycle if they jazzed up the boom towns the way they used to. Instead of dreary Parachute, revive another Ice Palace on top of the Roan Plateau. For a time, Cripple Creek was the richest square mile on earth (it was displaced by some diamond mines in South Africa), and it showed. Bring some world-class entertainment, saloons and casinos to Erie and see if the locals mind a few drilling rigs out their windows.

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by: ELuning @ Sun Jun 22, 2008 at 16:19:35 PM CDT

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That's my plan! (0.00 / 0)

The title SHOULD be the first hint, because I have so far had something different each week, with the only connecting thread being Colorado ties to something from pop culture. I leave the heavy-duty brain-pummeling stuff to BCO Gal, because she knows all that stuff and I do not!

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by: Susan the Neon Nurse @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 15:29:10 PM CDT

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