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Manhattan Beach

--THIS TABLET IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO -- On the northwest shore of Sloan's Lake was Manhattan Beach, popular amusement park of the gay nineties, with a theater, boating, dancing,...

--THIS TABLET IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO --

On the northwest shore of Sloan's Lake was Manhattan Beach, popular amusement park of the gay nineties, with a theater, boating, dancing, and specialties. Opened on June 27, 1891. The theater burned Dec. 26, 1908. Some amusement features continued to 1914.

--Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by the American Pioneer Trails Association and the City Administration of Denver. 1953.--

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