Looking Back

100 years ago

June 5, 1914

The Frontier committee has let to the colorado Tent and Awning company the contract for decorating streets of the business district for the 1914 Frontier Days celebration. The contract calls for much more elaborate decorations then have been attempted in the past.

Uniformity in decoration is to be observed in the district bounded by Fifteenth street, Pioneer avenue and Eighteenth street, At frequent and regular intervals the streets will be spanned by flag and bunting decorations and by curtains of colored electric lights. The work of decorating will begin sever...