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1858 - William Green Russell discovered gold on Little Dry Creek setting off the Colorado Gold Rush.
1860 - Thomas and Mary Skerritt homesteaded in the Englewood area.
1864 - Skerritt plowed out first legal road south from Denver. This road was called Broadway.
1870 - Jacob C. Jones purchased 80 acres north of Little Dry Creek.
1879 - First Telephone in Englewood area, it was a toll phone.
1883 - Line for the Cherrelyn horsecar laid down.
1887 - Fort Logan was built. The soldiers frequented the area saloons and brothels.
1891 - A.C. Fiske purchased land from Jones and opened Fisk's Broadway Gardens, a family picnicking area and beer garden.
1892 - Fisk's Gardens closed.
1903 - Englewood was incorporated and the name was changed from Orchard Place. J.C. Jones (Jacob Jones) was elected mayor over Thomas Skerritt by a slim margin. Jones first act as new mayor was to clean up the disreputable establishments.
1904 - The first newspaper was started in Englewood.
1905 - Swedish National Sanitarium was founded. The first building was built in 1907.
1906 - The first sidewalks and street lights were installed in the South Broadwav business area.
1906 - Tuileries Park opend in the area where Fisk's Garden was located.
1907 - The Police and Volunteer Fire Department were organized.
1908 - The Cherrelyn Horse Car ceased running on a regular schedule.
1912 - Tuileries Park Closed. The Horse Car tracks were taken up.
1913 - Little Dry Creek flooded the central business district in the spring. In December of that year a four foot snowstorm hit.
1917 - The National Film Company purchased the park where Tuileries was.
1920 - Englewood Public Library opens in a small rented room. Annexation of the library to the Denver Library System was turned down in a second election. Englewood High School was built.
1925 - Broadway was first paved.
1928 - A major fire broke out in the Alexander Film and Aircraft Company fire resulting in injury and death.
1938 - The new Post Office was built at Floyd and Broadway.
1948 - 2500 acres on the Platte Canyon was purchased ensuring plentiful and safe water supply for the city and independence from Denver.
1952 - A council-manager form of government was adopted.
1953 - Golden anniversary of Englewood , was celebrated. Broadway was painted gold for the occasion.
1965 - City Park was sold to developers of Cinderella City.
1968 - Cinderella City was completed and opened. It was the largest mall in the world under one roof in 1968.
1998 - A redevelopment project begins that will transform Cinderella City into the new Englewood City Center. - William Parks

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