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Martin D. Currigan
Martin D. Currigan Sr. (c. 1845–1900) was a building contractor and city councilman in Denver, Colorado. Currigan was born in about 1845 in Ireland in Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon. He arrived in America in 1864, went west to Colorado, worked as a plastering contractor and entered politics in the 1870s. He was active in the Catholic Church. Currigan died in December 1900 after an injury sustained falling from his buggy on election day. The Currigan Exhibition Hall in Denver, Colorado was named after him. The Currigan Exhibition Hall was unique in that it was built without internal structural columns, providing over 100,000 sqft of column-free exhibition space. His son, Dr. Martin D. Currigan Jr., was on the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado. One of his grandsons, Tom Currigan, was Denver Auditor from 1955 to 1963 and the Mayor of Denver from 1963 to 1968. His nephew, James M. Currigan, was a settler, and mayor, of Oswego, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge)
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Archdiocese of Denver. The cemetery is located at 12801 W. 44th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. It is the first cemetery owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Denver, the second being Saint Simeon Catholic Cemetery in Aurora, Colorado. History The site of Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery was a 440-acre farm located in rural Jefferson County between Denver and Golden which as purchased in the 1860s by Bishop Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, Denver's first resident bishop. Bishop Machebeuf later donated the land to the Catholic Diocese of Denver. Mt. Olivet Cemetery now includes 393 acres. Mt. Olivet Cemetery was consecrated on September 25, 1892 by Bishop Nicholas Chrysostom Matz. On that day, a special Union Pacific train left Denver Union Station carrying 1,500 people to Mt. Olivet for the cemetery consecration. Bishop Matz officiated at the dedication and described Mt. Olivet as the “new City of the Dead.” The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
