Wednesday,
November 14, 2007
Italians of
The
ANNOTICO Report
Lured
by the thought of wealth and opportunity, thousands of Italians came to
By 1922, Italians made up almost a quarter of the total population of
There
are two slide shows available on the 9News Site.
Italians of
9NEWS.com -
By Valentina Garcia Assignment Desk
Editor
November 13, 2007
VIEW SLIDESHOW 1
VIEW SLIDESHOW 2
As
seen on 9NEWS at 6 a.m., Kyle Dyer was live from Our Lady of Mount Carmel on
35th and Navajo, an area known for its Italian history.
Lured by the thought of wealth and opportunity, thousands of Italians came to
By 1922, Italians made up almost a quarter of the total population of
An exhibit chronicling the lives of the Italian immigrants, Italians of Denver, is on
display at the Colorado History museum and curator Alisa Zahller
said the project took nearly five years to research.
"We embarked on this project because the Colorado Historical Society had
very little archival information about
Facts:
- 200,000 Italian Americans live in
- First in Colorado: Mid 1800's
- In 1922 Italian Americans made up 22% of the population in Denver
- North Denver was known as, "little Italy."
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