Colfax Avenue is known as one of the longest streets in the U.S., but where did Colfax get its name?

Vice President Schuyler Colfax championed Colorado statehood and was rewarded with his name given to Denver’s first major east-west avenue. Once a prestigious residential district, it declined as a street of ill repute. Some say this decay reflected Colfax’s own decline as he was removed from office for accepting bribes to support construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.
- Courtesy of “Dr. Colorado” Tom Noel. Image: Denver Public Library