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Article: PARK HONORS CHEYENNE, ARAPAHO FIRE RING, TRAVOIS SCULPTURE, AMERICAN INDIAN POETRY GRACE GROUNDS.(Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- May 28, 1996
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Byline: Marlys Duran Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
ARAPAHOE COUNTY -- The county's newest park has no picnic tables, cooking grills or playground.
It does have a fire ring, a bigger-than-life travois and American Indian poetry etched into sandstone slabs.
The 2 1/2-acre park at 9300 E. Iowa Ave. honors the legacy of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes that once roamed the plains now claimed by metro Denver's subdivisions and high-rises.
``We tried to pay tribute to the nomadic Indians by invoking an atmosphere of serenity,'' said Bob Patterson, support services director for the county.
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