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St. Anthony Central Hospital has an over 100 year heritage in the Denver metro area. Along with playing a vital role in Colorados health for more than a century, today we serve residents and guests throughout the metropolitan Denver area with award-winning, compassionate, high tech care.
In the late autumn of 1858, gold was discovered where the South Platte River meets Cherry Creek, and Denver, Colorado, was born. It would take just a single generation for the tiny settlement to become the most populous city in the West, second only to San Francisco. Few factors contributed more to its growth than the railroad system built by enterprising Denverites.
She broached the idea with Bishop Matz, Bishop Machebeuf's successor, in 1890. When he cautioned that her notion would prove expensive and difficult, she offered an immediate reply: "We will begin, and St. Anthony will help us. Thus began the nuns campaign to build the hospital, each faithful that the wonder worker of saints would assist. St. Anthony, after all, is revered for restoring confidence to the frightened and despairing.