1910s
CULTURE
The Park Opera House was at 430 Ute Avenue, facing Cottonwood Park - later Whitman Park. (The site is now the Museum of Western Colorado parking lot.) Equipped for theatrical events, lectures and music of all types, it featured local and touring companies. Performers from the Barrymores to the Four Cohans appeared there. The Opera House was in use from the 1890s until the 1920s when moving pictures changed theatrical demands.