"Denver was the first stop in Kerouac's 'On the Road,'
and he also wrote about his brief stop in Longmont to
take a nap on a gas station's lawn."

from: On The Road To Kerouac Lofts Developer Honors Beat Writer In Area He Used To Frequent by John Rebchook
source: Denver Rocky Mountain News, 9 August 2002
via: HighBeam™ Research

Urban pioneer Dana Crawford's latest loft project will take its name from the famed "beat" author of On the Road and other books who for a brief ti me hung out in the area with close friend Neal Cassidy [sic]. The 60-unit, $15 million Kerouac building is at 3100 Huron St., next to the $200 million Prospect Village that Crawford's Urban Neighborhoods Inc. is developing....

It's unclear whether Kerouac, who first arrived in Denver in July 1947 and lived here briefly in 1949, ever set foot on Crawford's property next to the Consolidated Main Line railroad tracks.

"You could conjecture he was there," said Denver historian Tom Noel. "In On the Road he was hitting the bars in Denver and loved the hobos. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't hobo through that site off the Consolidated Main Line at one time or another."

Kerouac certainly knew the area. For one day in 1949, he worked about six blocks from the site at the Denargo Market at 29th Street and Broadway. He was asked not to return to work.