Autumn is the perfect time to enjoy the changing colors, Colorado's brilliant blue skies and a gourmet picnic in the haunted gardens of Denver's Cheesman Park. Let Castle Marne pack you a delicious meal to enjoy amidst so many lost souls in the lovely rose gardens.
Over a century ago, Cheesman Park was Denver's cemetery and "Boot Hill". As Denver grew and prospered, wealthy citizens looked for sweeping views of the majestic Rockies above the dirt and dust of busy Denver. The best locale for such a planned up-scale residential development was the existing cemetery.
Developers and city leaders hired a mortician to respectfully relocate all the graves to Denver's new Riverside Cemetery. The mortician hired to do the job was an unethical man and proceeded to con the city in a most horrific way. He negotiated the contract to be paid on the number of coffins, not bodies. He made all child sized coffins and began dismembering the bodies and putting only parts in the caskets. He needed upwards to two and sometimes three coffins for one body. He left graves open encouraging thieves to rob the graves and dogs would drag bones and body parts around town. After months of this outrage neighbors and city officials had had enough.
The mortician was fired, all the open graves were refilled and grass was planted leaving thousands of graves where they were. Today Cheesman Park is ringed on all sides with elegant and expensive turn-of-the-century mansions. The lovely rose gardens on the east side are considered the most haunted section of the park.
The picnic is $45.00 + tax. Pick up a bottle of wine on the way and we'll lend you a blanket. For details on ordering and menu options please give us a call. 303-331-0621 or 1800-92MARNE. We need at least 48 hours to plan and prepare your picnic. Alcohol not included.
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