11th Air Force

Historical marker location:

United States Air Force Academy, Colorado

Marker installed: 1990

Remembering Warriors of the Forgotten Front. 1940 1945.

The state capital, Denver, was originally called "Denver City" when it was founded in 1858. It was named after James W. Denver, the governor of the Kansas Territory, and the city's founders hoped that he would help promote their new settlement. However, Governor Denver never actually visited the city.