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Henry Lee: Outstanding Citizen and Father of Wheat Ridge
When Fathers’ Day rolled through a few weeks ago, I began to wonder if there were any famous fathers around Wheat Ridge. A little research produced several references to the Honorable Henry Lee, Father of Wheat Ridge, another of the area’s first wave of pioneers. Born in 1839, Henry Lee arrived in America from England