Milestones in the Denver Mountain Parks

1910s

• 1910    John Brisben Walker proposes park system to Denver Chamber, September
  
  
• 1912    Special mill levy for mountain parks acquisition passed May 12th
  
  
• 1912    F.L. Olmsted Jr. hired to assess potential parklands, submits
              initial report July 17th
  
  
• 1912    Acquisition of Genesee Park begins
  
  
• 1913    Cement Bill begins construction of Lariat Trail Road
  
  
• 1914    Olmsted makes recommendation of "lands for acquirement"
  
  
• 1914    Acquisition of Little Park (400 acres)
  
  
• 1914    Acquisition of Fillius Park (108 acres)
  
  
• 1914    First bison for Genesee Park preserve acquired from Montana
  
  
• 1914    Pence Park (originally Dixie Park) acquired (320 acres)
  
  
• 1914    Acquisition of Bell Park (480 acres)
  
  
• 1914    Acquisition of Turkey Creek Park (61 acres)
  
  
• 1914    Acquisition of Cub Creek Park (549 acres)
  
  
• 1915    Acquisition of Bergen Park (25 acres)
  
  
• 1916    Acquisition of Colorow Point Park (0.54 acres)
  
  
• 1916    Acquisition of Corwina Park (298 acres)
  
  
• 1916    Lookout Mountain Park acquired (66 acres)
  
  
• 1916    Starbuck Park acquired (11 acres)
  
  
• 1917    Construction begins on 8.65-mile Beaver Brook Trail
  
  
• 1917    McFarland Gateway constructed
  
  
• 1917    Buffalo Bill Cody buried on Lookout Mtn, June 3rd
  
  
• 1918    Deer Creek Park acquired (90 acres)
  
  
• 1918    Forsberg Park acquired (9 acres)
  
  
• 1919    Dedisse Park (420 acres) acquired by City for flood control dam
  
  

1920s

• 1920    Daniels Park (first 40 acres) acquired
  
  
• 1920    Echo Lake Park acquired (617 acres)
  
  
• 1922    Acquisition of Parmalee Gulch Park (3 acres)
  
  
• 1922    Completion of Evergreen Dam
  
  
• 1924    Summit Lake Park acquired (160 acres)
  
  
• 1925    Evergreen Golf Course constructed
  
  
• 1926    Construction of Echo Lake Lodge
  
  
• 1927    Acquisition of Morrison Park (20 acres), including CCC Camp
  
  
• 1927    Acquisition of Red Rocks Park completed (640 acres)
  
  
• 1927    Acquisition of Bear Creek Canyon Park (130 acres)
  
  

1930s

• 1931    Construction of Indian Trading Post at Red Rocks
  
  
• 1935    Katherine Craig Park acquired (56 acres)
  
  
• 1936    Construction of Red Rocks Amphitheatre begins
  
  
• 1937    Daniels Park (remaining 1000 acres) acquired
  
  
• 1937    Acquisition of Genesee Park completed (2,403 total acres)
  
  
• 1938    O'Fallon Park donated (860 acres)
  
  
• 1939    Stone shelter constructed at Genesee Park by CCC
  
  
• 1939    Initial acquisition of Newton Park
  
  
• 1939    Winter Park acquired (89 acres)
  
  

1940s on

• 1941    Red Rocks Amphitheatre completed
  
  
• 1955    Mountain Parks dedicated mill levy tax eliminated
  
  
• 1962    Additional acreage for Newton Park acquired (total 424 acres)
  
  
• 2000    New purchase expands Red Rocks Park to 804 acres
  
  
• 2004    Denver Mountain Parks Foundation formed