This beautiful reproduction map shows Denver in 1859. Known to history as Highland, this community was once the Arapahoe Indians� winter camp and a stage stop en route to the mining camps. Not to be confused with the later Highlands neighborhood to the northwest of Denver, or Highlands Ranch to the south, Highland was a brief chapter in the life of the adolescent Denver.In 1859, the rival Auraria and Denver City decided that the best strategy to combat the constant warfare for dominance was to merge. In the merger they also swallowed up Highland. The Denver Children�s Museum and the Downtown Aquarium now reside on what is left of Highland.