SOURCES – THAT HAPPENED EPISODE $1(.90)
1. (0:42 - Map) Rollandet, Edward. 1885. Rollandet’s Map of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, pocket edition, September 1885. Accessed through the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p16079coll39/id/563.
3. (First cite @ 1:43) Wikipedia. 2020. “Cheesman Park.” Last modified October 22, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesman_Park,_Denver.
5. (3:00) Ballenger & Richards. 1890. Ballenger & Richard’s Eighteenth Annual Denver City Directory. Ballenger & Richards: Denver. Accessed through the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p16079coll28/id/30325.
6. (4:25) McKee, Spencer. 2019. “The twisted tale of the bodies beneath Denver's Cheesman Park.” June 4, 2019. https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/the-twisted-tale-of-the-bodies-beneath-denver-s-cheesman/article_82426e6c-86e9-11e9-8641-1b7cb509b4de.html
7. (5:25) Shambaugh, Scott. 2018. “The Work of Ghouls!” The Shamblog. September 29, 2018. https://theshamblog.com/the-work-of-ghouls/. Cites “The Work of Ghouls!” The Denver Republican. March 19, 1893.
8. (5:49) See #2, p. 27.
9. (6:12) The City & County of Denver. 1914. “Health Department Recommendations.” The City of Denver, Vol. 2,  No. 24, September 26, 1914. Accessed through the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll15/id/3953/rec/1. Listed as page 11.
11. (12:15) Kilker, James. 2004. “Re. E.P. McGovern Mortuary Association, Denver.” Genealogy.com. November 17, 2004. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mcgovern/1130/
12. (12:22) Wikipedia. 2020. “Platt Rogers.” Last modified February 8, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Rogers.
13. (12:35) Rootsweb. Nd. “John Duff McGilvray & Marion Beaton.” Rootsweb. Nd. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bldr/folklore/johnduff.html
14. (12:40) Albeck, Anne. 2020. “History” Steele Elementary, Denver Public Schools, http://steele.dpsk12.org/history/. Cites Wilder, Walter Lawson. 1913. Robert Wilbur Steele, Defender of Liberty. Publisher unknown.
15. (12:40) The New Era. 1910. “Robert W. Steele Passes Away.” The New Era, Vol. 5, No. 34, October 20, 1910. Accessed through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=NEE19101020-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0-----.
16. (General Reference) Rudolph, Katie. 2015. “Cheesman Park’s Past Life… As A Cemetery.” Denver Public Library. October 5, 2015. https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/cheesman-parks-past-life-cemetery?page=1#comment-5162
17. (General Reference) Ward, Louisa. 1980. Draft Copy of Cemetery to Conservatory. Denver Botanic Gardens: Denver, p. 46. Accessed through the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll4/id/1920. Denver Botanic Gardens originally published in magazine in 1975. Copy cited is not final version – final available through DBG library.
Images, in order:
4. (0:42) Map – see #1 above.
6. (5:38) Mayor Platt Rogers – see #12 above.
7. (6:12) Health Department Recommendations (Smallpox Vaccine) – see #9 above.
8. (6:49) 1901 CO Medical Journal – see #10 above.
11. (10:54) Denver Republican – see #7 above.
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