Transportation
Denver, Center of the Cosmopolitan Railway
William Gilpin’s big idea in the late 1800s would have made Denver the crossroads of the world—the place where “the zodiac of nations closes its circle.”
Where should we look for the “focal point of impregnable power in the topographical configuration of the continent?”
The answer would be 1701 Wynkoop Street in Denver, the address of the city’s Union Station. At least according to 19 century politician and promoter William Gilpin.