Denver construction unearths frontier cemeteries

Couples chatted, children played and joggers hustled past gardens on an unseasonably warm November day at Cheesman Park.

Few knew that the grounds in the center of Denver were once the final resting place for at least 4,200 of the city's earliest residents, according to historical records.

That past literally came up again last week when a construction crew building a parking garage at the nearby Denver Botanic Gardens unearthed two rows of caskets.