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Overview. Denver, Colorado was a city whose citizens fought for affluence, economic stability, and recognition. The struggle for the capitalization began with the city's birth, and continued for twenty three-years. Early History. In 1858, William Greeneberry "Green" Russell and a band of fellow Georgians founded and established a mining settlement on the banks of Cherry Creek within the Kansas territory. They named their new settlement Auraria. With the discovery of gold in the area, 300 residents lived in the camp by December of 1858. That same year, a prospecting clan from Lawrence, Kans...
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