Valverde Yacht Club sign

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1965 hotel sign for the Valverde Yacht Club. I assume this name is a joke based on the Platte River Flood which devasted this intersection (I-25 & Alameda) that year.

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The club, motel & sign were looking pretty beat and were tore down earlier this year.

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erick April 23rd, 2011 at 5:37 pm

my Dad and I sat out on our porch in south Denver and listened to the flood waters from miles away that night …

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