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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 208. Not illustrated. Chapters: Denver, Carson City, Nevada, Arvada, Colorado, Ada Township, Michigan, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Hood River, Oregon, Mukilteo, Washington, Lower Lake, California, Toquerville, Utah, Pleasanton, Texas, Plain City, Utah, Farr West, Utah, Mapleton, Pennsylvania, Dunlap, Tennessee, Charleston, Utah, Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, Chest Springs, Pennsylvania, Rockhampton, Queensland, Discovery Bay, Washington, Limbe, Cameroon, Corowa, New South Wales, Shedd, Oregon, Fray Bentos, Ikaalinen, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, Mulwala, New South Wales, Castle Cove, New South Wales, Middle Cove, New South Wales, Auraria, Denver, Calpella, California, Ashton, South Australia, Perote, Alabama, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Harrogate, South Australia, Lavers' Crossing, California, Hermitage, California, Stokes Landing, California. Excerpt: Denver - Former Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver visited his namesake city in 1875 and in 1882.Denver City was founded in November 1858 as a mining town during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in western Kansas Territory. That summer, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas, arrived and established Montana City on the banks of the South Platte River. This was the first settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly, however, and was abandoned in favor of Auraria (named after the gold-mining town of Auraria, Georgia) and founded by William Russell and St. Charles City by the summer of 1859. The Montana City site is now Grant-Frontier Park and includes mining equipment and a log cabin replica. On November 22, 1858, General William Larimer, a land speculator from eastern Kansas, placed cottonwood logs to stake a claim on the hill overlooking the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, across the creek from the existing mining ...
