SIGHTSEEING IN DENVER

Oh boy! I'm way behind again-sightseeing every day is great, but impossible to keep the blog up to date. I'm still doing Denver, but we've moved on to the Black Hills in South Dakota and, in fact, will be leaving tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get caught up then. This is what happens when you're seeing so much beauty and having so much fun! Anyway, we sneaked back from Brighton into Denver and did some sightseeing while our friends were busy helping their son move. First we visited Buffalo Bill's Grave and Museum.

There were many nice exhibits about his life, his traveling show etc. I didn't realize he was the
recipient of a Medal of Honor.

Here's a picture of Sitting Bull. (just for Kathy Fitz!)

It was interesting to me that 25,000 prominent people in Denver went to his funeral, and the Masons were in charge of his burial service. In the research I just found, one of my relatives was a leader in the Masons, and one of the richest men in Denver. He was a contracter that built large buildings such as the Episcopal Cathedral and the old Denver Club. I wonder if he was there.

He must have been a very interesting man. He fought the Indians and then befriended them. After being a Mason for years, he asked for a priest as he was dying, because he wanted to die as a Catholic. (He seemed to change his mind more than a woman!)