Centennial was a novel written by American author James Michener and published in 1974. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the James Albert Michener ( February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles the majority of which
Centennial traces the history of the plains of northeast Colorado from prehistory until the early 1970s. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Geographic details about the fictional town of Centennial and its surroundings indicate that the region is in modern-day Weld County. Weld County is the third most extensive and the ninth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Since the novel was written, the Denver suburb of Centennial, Colorado has been incorporated, although its location is far from Michener's fictional town of the same name. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States This page discusses the City of Centennial Colorado For the fictitious city of the same name see Centennial (novel.
Many episodes in the book are loosely based on actual historical events in eastern Colorado and southeast Wyoming, which for novelistic reasons are brought to a single locale. For example "The Massacre"-is based on the Sand Creek Massacre which took place in Kiowa County, Colorado in 1864. The Sand Creek Massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre or the Battle of Sand Creek or the Massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was an incident in Kiowa County is the second least densely populated of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Other parts of the book are loosely based on a family from Sterling, Colorado. The City of Sterling is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Logan County, Colorado, United
Centennial was made into a popular twelve-part television miniseries also entitled Centennial that aired on NBC from October 1978 through February 1979. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Centennial is a 12-episode American Television Miniseries that aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979 The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's