Highland, Denver

Highland is a distinct city-center neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, United States, bounded by West 38th Avenue to the north, a Union Pacific Railroad line on the east, the South Platte River to the southeast, Speer Boulevard on the south, and Federal Boulevard on the west.

The two together are casually called "the Highlands," a term which often falsely encompasses other Northwest Denver neighborhoods such as Jefferson Park, Sunnyside and Berkeley.

[5][6] The townsite of Highland was laid out in December 1858 by William Larimer, Jr., who the previous month had founded Denver City.

[7] In 1859 the Highland town company formed, and a Platte River bridge was planned to connect to Auraria and Denver.

[9] The Rocky Mountain News noted: In 1875, Owen LeFevre and other developers petitioned the Arapahoe County Commissioners to establish a village government.

The farm was lush with vegetables, fruit and shade trees and they used the produce for their Elitch’s Palace Dining Room in downtown Denver.