earlier you mentioned a group of gold prospectors, has any particular name been given to the event of their arrival?
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
Denver
n the summer of 1858, during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas established Montana City as a mining town on the banks of the South Platte River in what was then western Kansas Territory
why is denver called the mile high city Because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level where is this place located? It is is located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. who were the early settlers here? A group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas what can you tell me about the economic condition of this place? Over the years, the city has been home to other large corporations in the central United States, making Denver a key trade point for the country. Several well-known companies originated in or have relocated to Denver does it have a sister city? Yes, with Brest, France
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Denver [SEP] History
In the summer of 1858, during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas established Montana City as a mining town on the banks of the South Platte River in what was then western Kansas Territory. This was the first historical settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly, however, and by the summer of 1859 it was abandoned in favor of Auraria (named after the gold-mining town of Auraria, Georgia) and St. Charles City. On November 22, 1858, General William Larimer and Captain Jonathan Cox, Esquire, both land speculators from eastern Kansas Territory, placed cottonwood logs to stake a claim on the bluff overlooking the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, across the creek from the existing mining settlement of Auraria, and on the site of the existing townsite of St.