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From YouTube: Englewood Moments in History: Mountain View Golf Course
Description
Before Broken Tee Golf Course, there was Mountain View Golf Course that started as a driving range in 1948. Over the years, Mountain View expanded into a golf course as well as a mini-golf course! The Englewood Civic Center now sits on the land that was previously Mountain View Golf Course, but the legacy of golf lives on as Broken Tee Golf Course celebrates its 40th Anniversary as an 18-hole golf course this July! #tbt
Thank you Englewood Historic Preservation Society for your help with this video!
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The
mountain
view
golf
club
named
for
the
magnificent
mountain
vistas
opened
its
doors
as
inglewood's
first
driving
range
in
1948
and
quickly
became
a
success.
It
was
one
of
the
first
ranges
to
install
lighting
and
include
evening
hours
which
attracted
golfers
from
all
over,
including
famous
athletes
like
olympian,
babe,
diedrichson,
zaharias
and
lightweight
boxing
champion
george
manley.
However,
the
majority
of
the
facilities
regulars
were
inglewood
residents
and
friends
of
mcclellan's.
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Mcclellan
became
a
local
hero
both
on
and
off
the
course
he
dedicated
nearly
all
of
his
time,
serving
the
people
of
inglewood
as
a
volunteer
fire
chief
and
mayor
after
mcclellan's
death
in
1962,
the
family
was
approached
by
developer,
jerry
von
frelich,
who
convinced
them
to
close
the
club
von
felix's
cinderella.
City
shopping
center
opened
its
doors
to
the
public.
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few
years
later,
while
the
mountain
view
golf
club
is
long
gone,
mcclellan's
name
lives
on
the
mcclellan
reservoir
named
in
his
honor
stores,
water
for
inglewood
to
this
day,
and
the
traditions
of
golf
endure
at
broken.
Tea
golf
course,
as
it
celebrates
its
40th
anniversary
this
year,
and
it
all
happened
right
here
in
the
cities
of
sheridan
and
englewood
colorado.