Broomcorn Express

The lovely yellow house surrounded by gardens on City open space along the north side of Midway Blvd was moved to that location in 1998. It now sits on land that was once the Kozisek family farm. The Brunner Farmhouse’s original location was on the northwest corner of 120th Avenue and Sheridan Blvd.

If you find yourself driving along North Indiana Street near where it intersects with State Highway 128, looking to the southeast, you’ll see a large man-made lake known as the Great Western Reservoir3 in the foreground and the skyline of Denver in the distance. But unlike the nearby Standley Lake reservoir, there’s no regional park or general access road leading to the Great Western Reservoir, and understanding why requires a bit of digging into our local history.