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The list of innovations Denver has contributed to the world at large is pretty small, but we're darn proud of the stuff we have provided -- namely, the culinary masterpiece that is the Denver Omelet, the nifty snap buttons developed by Rockmount Ranch Wear, the infamously debilitating Denver Boot wheel lock and the innovative diagonal crosswalk affectionately known as the "Barnes Dance."

The Denver Diatribe: The Last Waltz for Denver's Celebrated "Barnes Dance"? The Denver Diatribe 2011

The list of innovations Denver has contributed to the world at large is pretty small, but we're darn proud of the stuff we have provided -- namely, the culinary masterpiece that is the Denver Omelet, the nifty snap buttons developed by Rockmount Ranch Wear, the infamously debilitating Denver Boot wheel lock and the innovative diagonal crosswalk affectionately known as the "Barnes Dance."

The Denver Diatribe: The Last Waltz for Denver's Celebrated "Barnes Dance"? The Denver Diatribe 2011

Vintage slideshow presenter Charles Phoenix recently returned from my hometown of Denver, Colorado, where he visited a few of the retro-highights that the Mile High City has to offer, including The Cruise Room (a 1933 art deco bar), Arapahoe Acres (a mid-century post and beam modern neighborhood), Rockmount Ranch Wear (a western clothing store owned by a 106-year-old fellow who still comes to work every day), and the famous "Mexican" restaurant, Casa Bonita:

Boing Boing 2007

Larry Gagnon dressed western—wide-brimmed straw cowboy hat, open-necked Rockmount shirt with snaps for buttons, belt buckle the size of a dinner plate in Wrangler jeans that bunched over his Justin boots.

Healed by Horses Carole Fletcher 2005

Larry Gagnon dressed western—wide-brimmed straw cowboy hat, open-necked Rockmount shirt with snaps for buttons, belt buckle the size of a dinner plate in Wrangler jeans that bunched over his Justin boots.

Healed by Horses Carole Fletcher 2005

Larry Gagnon dressed western—wide-brimmed straw cowboy hat, open-necked Rockmount shirt with snaps for buttons, belt buckle the size of a dinner plate in Wrangler jeans that bunched over his Justin boots.

Healed by Horses Carole Fletcher 2005

Larry Gagnon dressed western—wide-brimmed straw cowboy hat, open-necked Rockmount shirt with snaps for buttons, belt buckle the size of a dinner plate in Wrangler jeans that bunched over his Justin boots.

Healed by Horses Carole Fletcher 2005

The list of innovations Denver has contributed to the world at large is pretty small, but we're darn proud of the stuff we have provided -- namely, the culinary masterpiece that is the Denver Omelet, the nifty snap buttons developed by Rockmount Ranch Wear, the infamously debilitating

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Denver Diatribe 2011

Rockmount is now known for putting its Western shirts on the backs of everyone from guitarist Eric Clapton to actor Hugh Grant in "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2010

Rockmount is now known for putting its Western shirts on the backs of everyone from guitarist Eric Clapton to actor Hugh Grant in "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"

Gazette.com : 2010