Auraria, Colorado Territory

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Auraria, Colorado Territory was an early mining settlement that became one of the first major population centers in what is now Denver during the Colorado Gold Rush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former town
historic settlement
associatedWith Cherry Creek mining district
associatedWithEvent Colorado Gold Rush
category ghost town absorbed by a modern city
concurrentWith founding of Denver City
country United States
establishedDuring Pike’s Peak Gold Rush
foundedAs gold mining camp
foundedBy Georgia prospectors
Russell party
William Greeneberry Russell
foundedIn 1858
governedBy miners’ district government
hadEconomicBase placer gold mining
supply trade for miners
hasRole early population center
mining settlement
historicalSignificance early center of gold mining activity in the Rocky Mountain region
one of the first major population centers in the Denver area
influencedDevelopmentOf Denver metropolitan area
locatedIn Colorado Territory
Jefferson Territory
Kansas Territory
locatedInPresentDay Denver, Colorado
locatedInTime 19th century
locatedNear South Platte River
locatedOn west bank of Cherry Creek
locatedOpposite Denver City
linked to: Denver, Colorado
mergedIn 1860
mergedInto Denver, Colorado
mergedWith Denver City
linked to: Denver, Colorado
namedAfter Auraria, Georgia
nameMeaning Latin word for "golden"
nowContains Auraria Campus
Community College of Denver campus
Metropolitan State University of Denver campus
University of Colorado Denver campus
nowPartOf Denver Auraria neighborhood
partOf Colorado Gold Rush
Front Range Urban Corridor history
populationPeakPeriod late 1850s
region Front Range of the Rocky Mountains
separatedBy Cherry Creek
status defunct town
transportContext trail hub for overland migrants to the gold fields
urbanSuccessor City of Denver
linked to: Denver, Colorado

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Colorado Gold Rush significantSite Auraria, Colorado Territory