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How much history can two square miles hold? Look at the southern part of Westminster and you’ll find more than 150 years’ worth: Vibrant stories of Native Americans and settlers looking for a better way of life. Chief Little Raven and his Arapahoe tribe would winter camp just south of Shaw Heights, where there were many artesian springs and open fields of grazing bison. Later pioneers would homestead here, making their dreams come true.
In 1870, the pioneer Pleasant DeSpain did just that—building his house in the town we now call home. In 1911, Westminster incorporated and officially became a city.
Louis Shoenberg founded the Shoenberg Farm to Denver’s National Jewish Hospital after his son died of tuberculosis. The farm supplied the hospital with eggs and milk while the land was used as a trade school to help recovered TB patients learn job skills. Jacob Tepper purchased the farm in 1921, adding restaurants, hotels, schools—and eventually, Fitzsimons Army Hospital.