Cory Cutting - 5281 Exclusive Homes Realty

Cory Cutting - 5281 Exclusive Homes Realty Cory Cutting is a Real Estate professional working in the Denver Metro Area with 5281 Exclusive Homes Realty.

Denver is known as "The Mile High City", being 1 mile above sea level. You can stand on the very spot that is 1 mile hig...
06/22/2026

Denver is known as "The Mile High City", being 1 mile above sea level. You can stand on the very spot that is 1 mile high on the front steps of the .

The original measurement was done in 1904 and placed on the 15th step, where it is engraved on the front of the step "One Mile Above Sea Level".

In 1969 it was determined that the marker was off by 7 vertical inches, or 3 steps, and it was actually the 18th step. There is also a marker on the 18th step.

In 2003, a remeasurment using modern technology found that 1 mile is actually the 13th step! So there is also a marker on the 13th step.

As Colorado celebrates its 150th anniversary as a state, students from the School of Mines in Golden are remeasuring, and a new mile high marker will be placed on August 1st, Colorado Day.

Where do you think the marker will be placed?? Write your guess in the comments!

Murdo MacKenzie could be considered the most influential person in the cattle industry in the early 1900’s. He was born...
06/20/2026

Murdo MacKenzie could be considered the most influential person in the cattle industry in the early 1900’s. He was born March 24, 1850 in Tain, Scotland. He graduated in 1869 from the Royal Academy and immediately started work as a law apprentice. He soon would work for the British Linen Bank, where he met an influential bank customer that offered him the position of Assistant Factor (property manager) for the Balnagown estate of Sir Charles Ross.

He worked in this position for ten years, when in 1885 he was offered a managership of the Trinidad, Colorado Prairie Cattle Company that was owned by the British Cattle Company. Murdo married Isabella McBain in 1876, and they had six children together. The family moved to America and Colorado in 1885 to Trinidad.
Once in Trinidad, Murdo became an American citizen as soon as he could and served as the mayor of Trinidad.

In 1891 Murdo gecame the manager of the Matdor Land and Cattle Company in Trinidad. There is gained a reputation for growing the cattle herd with pure-bred Hereford bulls. In 1901 Murdo became the president of the Texas and Soutwestern Cattle Raisers Association, holding the position until 1903.

In 1905 he became the founding president of the American Stock Grower’s Association, serving that position until 1911. Because of the positions he held, Murdo mad frequent trips to Washington D.C. and helped President Teddy Roosevelt in his battle with meat packing companies who were price fixing. Because if his help, Roosevelt called Murdo “The most influential of all Western cattlemen.”

A South Dakota website dedicated to influential people of the state calls Murdo a “Champion of Excellence”, noting “The town of Murdo, SD was named in his honor and his picture hangs in the State Capitol building. He brought organization to the range cattle industry, as well as stock improvement, land-cattle management and an independence evident in today’s ranchers.” Murdo died on May 30, 1939.

Murdo's Denver home is located at 1100 Humboldt Street - read about the home here ---> https://cory.yourrealestatebrokers.com/the-brown-mackenzie-home-1100-humboldt-denver/

Denver's homes hold within their walls the stories of the people who helped build Denver into the "Queen of the Plains"....
06/18/2026

Denver's homes hold within their walls the stories of the people who helped build Denver into the "Queen of the Plains".

The Gustav E. Paulson Home reflects architectural styles that were popular during Denver’s early expansion. Builders focused on durability, decorative details, and thoughtful design. More than a century later, houses like this continue to shape the character of Denver’s historic neighborhoods.

If you have an older home you'd like to know the story of, reach out to Cory!

Did you know Denver once had a neighborhood called “Hell’s Half Acre”?Located near the South Platte River in the late 18...
05/29/2026

Did you know Denver once had a neighborhood called “Hell’s Half Acre”?

Located near the South Platte River in the late 1800s, the area became known for saloons, gambling halls, brothels, and crime tied to Denver’s early frontier days. The neighborhood was packed with railroad workers, miners, and travelers moving through the rapidly growing city. It earned its nickname because of its rough reputation and constant activity day and night.

From its beginnings as an unruly mining town, Denver was described as “most lively...in any and all kinds of wickedness.” The writer, prospector William Hedges, went on to doubt that there was ever “a place on this continent where a greater amount of evil to the square acre was so spontaneously and openly developed” (quoted in Clark Secrest’s Hell’s Belles).

Wickedness ran rampant no more openly than on Market Street, nee Holladay Street, nee McGaa Street. Denver’s notorious vice district, known as The Row, teemed with opulent parlor houses, maisons de joie, common brothels, dancehalls, hurdy gurdy houses, and lowly cribs. (paragraph info from HistoryColorado.org)

Would you have wanted to see frontier-era Denver in person?

Did you know some Denver streets were once lined with irrigation ditches?Before modern sprinkler systems, Denver relied ...
05/27/2026

Did you know some Denver streets were once lined with irrigation ditches?

Before modern sprinkler systems, Denver relied heavily on ditch systems to move water through neighborhoods and agricultural areas. In many early neighborhoods, open ditches ran alongside roads carrying water to trees, lawns, and gardens. Some of these historic irrigation routes still exist today, especially in older parts of the city.

Smith's Ditch, or the Big Ditch, or the City Ditch, was built between 1860 and 1867 to bring water to Denver. The approximately 27-mile long irrigation channel began in Waterton Canyon, located southwest of Denver, as a diversion of the South Platte River and ultimately terminated in City Park’s Ferril Lake.

Many residents walk or drive past these channels without realizing they are remnants of Denver’s early water infrastructure and growth. Water shaped the development of Denver just as much as railroads, mining, and real estate speculation.

Denver has layers of hidden history almost everywhere you look.

(photos courtesy of history.denverlibrary.org/)

Did you know there are still buried creeks running underneath Denver?As Denver rapidly expanded in the late 1800s and ea...
05/25/2026

Did you know there are still buried creeks running underneath Denver?

As Denver rapidly expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s, many smaller waterways were buried underground to make room for streets, buildings, and railroads. Some creeks were redirected into storm sewers, while others disappeared almost entirely beneath development.

During major storms, parts of downtown still flood partly because the city was built over natural waterways that never fully disappeared. In some places, old maps reveal streams flowing directly beneath modern buildings and parking lots.

Denver’s landscape may look controlled today, but the original terrain is still hidden just below the surface.

Read more from Denver 7 --> https://www.denver7.com/news/our-colorado/denver-is-digging-up-lost-rivers-buried-during-industrial-revolution-reviving-natural-order-

Did you know many Denver homes once had sleeping porches?Before air conditioning became common, families relied on archi...
05/23/2026

Did you know many Denver homes once had sleeping porches?

Before air conditioning became common, families relied on architecture to stay cool during Denver’s warm summer nights. Sleeping porches—usually enclosed upper-level porches with large windows or screens—allowed residents to sleep outside in cooler fresh air. They became especially popular during the early 1900s when fresh air was believed to improve health and help prevent illnesses like tuberculosis.

Today, many of these porches have been enclosed or remodeled, but you can still spot them throughout neighborhoods like Capitol Hill, Congress Park, and Wash Park.

They’re one of the small historic details that quietly connects modern Denver to its past.

Glen Huntington was born August 19, 1856 in Bunker Hill, Illinois and grew up in Waterloo, New York. Glen came to Color...
05/21/2026

Glen Huntington was born August 19, 1856 in Bunker Hill, Illinois and grew up in Waterloo, New York. Glen came to Colorado in the late 1870’s to work at the First National Bank, but soon moved to Texas to run a lumber company. After returning to Denver to start an architectural firm in 1888 but returned to Texas and the lumber company in 1893 when the market crashed. He returned to Denver in 1897 and re-started his architectural firm, being known for upscale versions of four-square homes, bungalows, and prairie-style homes.

He attained much success this last move to Denver and remained until his death in 1953. Glen designed hundreds of properties in Denver that included single family residences, porches, and a few apartment buildings. He also designed the original Denver Fire Department station 1 located at 1326 Tremont Place downtown, and he is credited with designing 30+ homes in the 7th Street Historic District only a few blocks from this home.

Glen married Jennie Bird in Greeley, Colorado on October 21, 1881. They had three daughters and four sons. Their son Glen H. was well known in the Boulder area after World War I and he was the only Boulder based architect until 1939. Glen H.’s buildings included several Greek Society houses on University Hill, the Boulder County Courthouse, and Boulder High School. Glen W Huntington died in Denver February 2, 1953 and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery.

1111 Humboldt StreetIn 1908 the home was purchased by the man for whom it was named, Loren Curtis. Loren Bradley Curtis...
05/19/2026

1111 Humboldt Street

In 1908 the home was purchased by the man for whom it was named, Loren Curtis. Loren Bradley Curtis was born October 29, 1869 in Maine, New York. He came from a large blended family, having three full brothers and five half-brothers. He came to Colorado with his family in the mid 1870’s, his father being involved with mining and the raising of livestock. Loren was educated in public schools of Denver and went on to attend Colorado State University, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in civil and hydraulic engineering in 1895.

Read the full story of the Curtis Home here --->> https://cory.yourrealestatebrokers.com/the-curtis-home-1111-humboldt-denver/

If you are interested in the full history of your home, contact me here or at 720-602-6419.

Clarence J. Daly, president of the Capitol Life Insurance Company in Denver lived at 750 Clarkson. He was born March 16,...
05/17/2026

Clarence J. Daly, president of the Capitol Life Insurance Company in Denver lived at 750 Clarkson. He was born March 16, 1888, in Leadville to Thomas and Elethea Daly. His father founded Capitol Life Insurance Company on July 1, 1905, in Denver with investments from local business associates. The company grew significantly under Thomas’s leadership and passed to Clarence after his death in 1921.

On January 6, 1908, Clarence married Marie Amelia Genter in Golden. Marie was the daughter of one of Colorado’s largest irrigated landowners. Their marriage became a local scandal because both were underage and home from prestigious schools for the Christmas holiday. A June 3, 1908, article in the Rocky Mountain News discussed rumors and evidence of the marriage, despite strong denials from both families. By 1910, census records confirmed the couple was living together at 1074 Pearl Street in Denver as husband and wife. Newspapers regularly chronicled the Dalys and their children as members of Denver’s social elite.

The couple had three children: Thomas Franklin II, Elizabeth Marie, and Imogene Lucille. Tragedy struck on April 2, 1920, when their youngest daughter, Imogene, became seriously ill and was rushed to St. Joseph Hospital, where she died shortly afterward. Her funeral was held in the family home, and she was buried at Fairmount Cemetery.

Clarence remained active in Denver civic life throughout his career. He served as chairman of Mayor Stapleton’s Advisory Planning Commission, chairman of the Post-War Planning Committee, director of the Denver Tuberculosis Society’s 1947 Christmas Seal campaign, chairman of the memorial gifts committee for Children’s Hospital, and vice president for Colorado of the American Life Convention of Chicago. He was also known locally as an accomplished golfer.

Clarence led Capitol Life Insurance Company until 1958. The company was sold in 1968 and later became part of Liberty Bankers Insurance Company. Clarence J. Daly died in Denver on February 12, 1976.

https://cory.yourrealestatebrokers.com/the-gordon-jones-home-750-clarkson-denver/

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