Crossing the pedestrian bridge, you can peer into the rapids (or rocks depending on the season) of the Platte River.

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Outside a store in Denver planned for a spring 2000 opening, customers will test-paddle kayaks and canoes on the South Platte River.

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Last summer, the North Platte River was running high near Douglas, Wyoming.

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Anschutz regularly invites friends, board members and sports teams to his Eagles Nest Ranch, 45, 000 acres on the South Platte River northeast of Denver.

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At this point you will leave the flat Platte River Valley.

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One morning, I was cold-calling on these Platte River munis and, against the rules to leave messages, I found myself relating the basics of the bond to the secretary of the President of a monster Denver-based oil company.

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